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Praying mantises (Mantodea)
Orthodera ministralis
Green Mantid at Penrose, NSW
Identification history
| Orthodera ministralis | 22 Mar 2022 | RogerF | ||
| Orthodera ministralis | 22 Mar 2022 | Aussiegall |
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User's notes
I was actually taking photos of the skipper butterfly and didn't realise the mantis was there until I downloaded the photos and looked at them. It didn't catch this particular butterfly. I came back to the flower a minute later and spotted it eating another butterfly
1 comment
RogerF wrote:
22 Mar 2022
Some insect predators and spiders habitually sit on flowers waiting to grab unsuspecting visitors. Tha mantid is obviously eyeing off a tasty morsel
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Location information
- Coordinates 150.212082-34.681733
- Maps Wingecarribee Local Government Area Penrose
- Places Penrose, NSW
Species information
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Mar 2022 12:15 PM Recorded on
- Aussiegall Recorded by
Additional information
- Skipper Butterfly Associated Insect
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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