Orthodera ministralis

9 Green Mantid at McQuoids Hill

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Identification history

Orthodera ministralis	30 Jan 2024	Csteele4
Orthodera ministralis	30 Jan 2024	CarbonAI
Unverified	30 Jan 2024	HelenCross

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5 comments

Csteele4 wrote:

30 Jan 2024

Cool photos, Helen! Poor Zizina otis!

HelenCross wrote:

30 Jan 2024

Thanks Christina, yeah I was photographing the otis as part of the pollinator survey and then realised the mantis had hold of it!

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

31 Jan 2024

Please enter this photo in the competition - perhaps one for teh newsletter Mary @MaryLyons

HelenCross wrote:

31 Jan 2024

Will do, thanks @MichaelMulvaney

MatthewFrawley wrote:

1 Feb 2024

The perils of being lower down the food chain.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
30 Jan 2024 11:31 AM Recorded on
HelenCross Recorded by
Collections
Monitoring Pollinators Survey - McQuoids Hill Photographic Competition - best image of a connecting nature connecting people activity Photo Competition - Winners Featured Insects Praying mantises (Mantodea) HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Common grass-blue butterfly Associated animal
25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Orthodera ministralis Scientific name
Green Mantid Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1043.14m Recorded at altitude
254 images trained Machine learning
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