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False Garden Mantid (♂)
Pseudomantis albofimbriata
-37.8936, 145.312
Field Notes
Description:
About 50mm long. Eyes red (at night time?) Wing covers in an attractive green. Distinctive patches on the inside of the forearms. Dominating the front of a car at night watching for any arthropods to dare enter his domain. He had already dismembered a tiny fly and left the wings only,
Habitat:
Next to a large national park.
Notes:
These are usually either green (dominant colour) or brown but sometimes occur in other colours including aqua and this rare multi-coloured form. <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Pseudomantis+albofimbriata#
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedApril 1, 2014
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