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False Garden Mantid (♂)

Pseudomantis albofimbriata

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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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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Comments (2)

Thanks Stephen and Luis. Although a common mantid I've only seen these colours twice now.

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