Tenodera australasiae
Purple-winged mantid at Harrison, ACT
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| Tenodera australasiae | MichaelMulvaney | 11 May 2026 | |
| Tenodera australasiae | CarbonAI | 17 Sep 2025 | |
| Archimantis sp. (genus) | AndyRoo | 17 Sep 2025 |
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GPSed. Incidental sighting - only spotted it while prepping the Blue Devil sighting for upload. Have had to crop the original plant pics substantially to zoom in the mantis, hence poor resolution.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.147542-35.205965
- Maps Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve
- Places Harrison, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2022 12:12 PM Recorded on
- AndyRoo Recorded by
- Blue Devil (Eryngium ovinum) Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Collections
- AndyRoo NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tenodera australasiae Praying mantises (Mantodea) Insects
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
- External link More information
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5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location