Purple-winged mantid at Crace, ACT
Identification history
| Tenodera australasiae | 16 Apr 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Archimantis sp. (genus) | 15 Apr 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Tenodera australasiae | 15 Apr 2023 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Unidentified | 15 Apr 2023 | Cmperman |
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User's notes
Large unidentified grasshopper captured by a Magpie.
4 comments
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
16 Apr 2023
I once saw one hold off a Magpie-lark that was attempting to eat it: Tenodera australasiae (Purple-winged mantid)
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
16 Apr 2023
Big difference in bill size between an Australian Magpie and a Magpie-lark, so not surprised.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.110926-35.207884
- Places Crace, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Apr 2023 02:22 PM Recorded on
- Cmperman Recorded by
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Insects Praying mantises (Mantodea) Cmperman Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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
- 280 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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