Insects
Praying mantises (Mantodea)
Sighting 3345078

Mantidae - egg case (family)

Egg case of praying mantis at Molonglo River Reserve

Mantidae - egg case (family) at Molonglo River Reserve - 22 Apr 2016 12:10 PM
Mantidae - egg case (family) at Molonglo River Reserve - 22 Apr 2016 12:10 PM
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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..

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