Mantidae - egg case (family)

Egg case of praying mantis at Kambah, ACT

Mantidae - egg case (family) at Kambah, ACT - 21 Apr 2018 03:19 PM

Mantidae - egg case (family) at Kambah, ACT - 21 Apr 2018 03:19 PM

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Identification history

	Mantidae - egg case (family)	21 Apr 2018	KimPullen
	Mantidae - egg case (family)	21 Apr 2018	MatthewFrawley

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Discovered, to much excitement, by my daughter, who intitally thought it was a moth or butterfly cocoon.

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KimPullen wrote:

22 Apr 2018

The creature on the right-hand side of the egg case is probably a wasp parasite of the mantis eggs.

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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
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MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Praying mantises (Mantodea) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Eggs Breeding behaviour
Unknown Gender

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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