Tenodera australasiae
Purple-winged mantid at Stirling, ACT
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| Tenodera australasiae | KimPullen | 25 Jan 2017 | |
| Tenodera australasiae | MatthewFrawley | 24 Jan 2017 |
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Good view of purple wings as this insect was able to successfully scare away a Magpie-lark that was attempting to eat it. Third separate sighting of this species in four days, seem to be a lot around January 2017.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.047688-35.352194
- Places Stirling, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Jan 2017 06:42 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tenodera australasiae Praying mantises (Mantodea) Insects
Species information
- Tenodera australasiae Scientific name
- Purple-winged mantid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1003.3m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location