Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs Orthoptera – OrthopteroidsAcrida conica Garden Mantis Giant Grasshopper Spur-throated Locust Woodger’s Gumleaf Katydid
A popular insect for many in the home garden, the Garden Mantis (Orthodera ministralis) is also known as the Australian Garden Mantis. They prey and feed on soft bodied insect including caterpillars, beetle larvae, small spiders, small butterflies and moths, aphids and mealy bugs, to name just a few.
Following very characteristic poses of the Garden Mantis…
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Superorder: Dictyoptera
- Order: Mantodea
- Family: Mantidae
- Genus: Orthodera
- Species: Orthodera ministralis
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Jeff Melvaine, members of Australian Orthopteroids, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/australian.orthopteroids/
- Orthodera ministralis (Fabricius, 1775), Green Mantid, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4df73026-423d-4a0f-a9c5-cb82f319167f
Alice Springs Orthoptera – OrthopteroidsAcrida conica Garden Mantis Giant Grasshopper Spur-throated Locust Woodger’s Gumleaf Katydid
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