List of Australian stick insects and mantids
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Praying mantids and stick insects of Australia are mainly found in small mantis colonies and some large stick insect colonies although the largest of all phasmids (stick insects) is the great brown phasmid (Titan stick insect) which can reach lengths of up to 250 mm long. The most common species of the mantis in Australia is the false garden mantis and the garden mantis found all over Australia.
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- False garden mantis: Pseudomantis albofimbriata
- Garden mantis: Orthodera ministralis
- Monster mantis: Archimantis monstrosa
- Burying mantis: Shodropoda tristis
- Large brown mantis: Archimantis latistyla
- Large brown mantis: Archimantis latistyla
- Crownned stick insect: Onchestus rentzi
- Spur legged Phasmid: Didymuria violences
- Children's stick insect: Tropidoderus childrenii
- Titan stick insect: Acrophylla titan
- Goliath stick insect: Eurycnema goliath
- Pink winged phasma: Podocanthus typhon
- Teselated Phasmaid: Ctenomorphodes tessulatus
- Boxer bark mantis: Paraoxypilus sp.
- Spiny bark mantis: Gyromantis kraussi
- Brown ground mantis: Bolbe spp.
- Purple winged mantis: Tenodera australasiae
[edit] See also
[edit] References
"Stick insects and praying mantids - Phasmatodea and Mantodea". FaunaBase. Australian Museum. http://faunanet.gov.au/wos/group.cfm?Group_ID=18. Retrieved 2008-10-09.[dead link]
[edit] External links
- Brisbane insects website by Peter Chew
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