Mantidae - egg case (family)
Egg case of praying mantis at Molonglo River Reserve
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| Mantidae - egg case (family) | KimPullen | 30 Aug 2016 | |
| Mantidae - egg case (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 30 Aug 2016 | |
| Unverified | ArcherCallaway | 16 Aug 2016 |
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3 comments
31 Aug 2016
Do we need to distinguish life stages such as eggs/egg cases from adults. Some eggs can be identified to species but probably not for mantids
31 Aug 2016
Not usually, where we can we would want to include all life stage together under the one species or taxonomic entity. In the case of praying mantis I suspect that we will get a lot of reports of their egg cases so I established this separate grouping - but we could change it to all praying mantis that can't be identified beyond the level of family
31 Aug 2016
Most adult praying mantis can be identified to species provided the photograph shows enough features so the egg case is a useful separate group as they are so often seen..
Location information
- Coordinates 149.019698-35.272632
- Altitude 534.1m
- Maps Lower Molonglo Molonglo River Reserve
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 Apr 2016 12:10 PM Recorded on
- ArcherCallaway Recorded by
Collections
- ArcherCallaway Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Mantidae - egg case (family) Praying mantises (Mantodea) Insects
Species information
- Mantidae - egg case (family) Scientific name
- Egg case of praying mantis Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 953m Recorded at altitude
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