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- This page contains pictures and information about Brown-legged Bark Mantids that we found
in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Female, body length 20mm
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- This bark mantid is dark brown in colour with pale to orange brown legs.
The eyes are pale brown in colours too.
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- This bark mantid species was always found hunting on ground or near the
base on large tree trunk. They are
usually not moving, but runs very fast when disturbed.
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- In the above photo the bark mantid was displaying the boxing display. The
bright-orange-coloured fore legs were flexed alternately like a boxer.
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- The male is brown in colour and fully winged, also has the orange brown
legs. The eyes are pale brown in colours too.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 353-354.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus &
Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p93.
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