Mantidae - egg case (family)
Egg case of praying mantis at Kambah, ACT
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| Mantidae - egg case (family) | KimPullen | 21 Apr 2018 | |
| Mantidae - egg case (family) | MatthewFrawley | 21 Apr 2018 |
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User's notes
Discovered, to much excitement, by my daughter, who intitally thought it was a moth or butterfly cocoon.
1 comment
22 Apr 2018
The creature on the right-hand side of the egg case is probably a wasp parasite of the mantis eggs.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075845-35.384374
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Apr 2018 03:19 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Eggs Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- MatthewFrawley 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
- External link More information
Record quality
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4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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