Mantidae - egg case (family)
Egg case of praying mantis at O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands
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| Mantidae - egg case (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 25 May 2024 | |
| Mantidae - egg case (family) | ibaird | 25 May 2024 | |
| Archimantis sp. (genus) | CarbonAI | 25 May 2024 | |
| Mantodea (order) | ibaird | 25 May 2024 | |
| Unverified | ibaird | 25 May 2024 |
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Collected by Lola Peters-Baines. 7.
1 comment
25 May 2024
Great find Lola up to 150 small praying mantis may hatch from this egg case. However there is also a wasp that lays its eggs into the mantis egg case. the wasp eggs hatch quickly and the wasp grubs (think caterpillars and butterflies) eat the Mantis eggs. You can see the female wasp laying her eggs on a mantis case at Podagrionini (tribe)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.100927-35.225498
- Altitude 587.2m
- Maps O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands
- Places Kaleen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 May 2024 10:22 AM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- Grapevine Vinus vitifera Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- ibaird 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
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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