False garden mantis
The false garden mantis (Pseudomantis albofimbriata) is one of the most common species of mantis in Australia. Females reach 70 mm while males reach 50 mm.
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| Genus: | Pseudomantis |
| Species: | P. albofimbriata |
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| Pseudomantis albofimbriata (Stål, 1860) | |
Identification/distribution
The false garden mantis is either green or brown but rarely may come in other colours.
They have a distinctive dark spot on the femur of each raptorial foreleg. Females have short wings that only cover half of the abdomen, whereas Males have wings that cover the full length of the abdomen.[1] Males sometimes have yellow triangular markings on the underside of the abdomen. They are widely distributed over Australia and some other local islands on the coast line of Australia.
Behaviour
The false garden mantis is not aggressive to humans. Females cannot fly because of her being short winged but the male is long winged and is not as big as the female.