Tenodera australasiae

1 Purple-winged mantid at Weston Creek, ACT

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Identification history

Tenodera australasiae 1 May 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Tenodera australasiae 20 Apr 2017 MichaelBedingfield

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A copulating pair, the female having eaten the head and upper part of the male's body; on the water's edge at Coombs Ponds.

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