Egg case of praying mantis at Molonglo River Reserve
Identification history
| Mantidae - egg case (family) | 30 Aug 2016 | KimPullen | ||
| Mantidae - egg case (family) | 30 Aug 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 16 Aug 2016 | ArcherCallaway |
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3 comments
RogerF
wrote:
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
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
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
RogerF
wrote:
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
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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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