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Purple-winged Mantid

Tenodera australasiae

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Mantis about 90mm long. Green under wings. Wings lacy, dull purple. Underbelly mostly pale cream.

Habitat:

Sneaking around in a used car lot late at night.

Notes:

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Comments (2)

A great stamping ground for budding mantids and katydids ... best time of the day for it too with this heat :(
Nice. There seems to be a lot of bugs checking out the local car yards at night.

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