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South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)Observer
tal_gerDescription
South African mantis egg sack without the white foam?
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South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)Observer
zurak26Description
I assume this is the South African mantis but have never seen one that looks like this.
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South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)Observer
chriscDescription
On wall beside footpath.
Female in process of laying eggs - the first time I have observed this process.
The protective egg casing still appears soft and 'foamy'.
Not sure what the various parts in play/sight are. I'm guessing the two small, shiny, green things at the very rear of the abdomen, adjacent to the egg casing, might be eggs which are inserted into each segment of the casing as it is formed.
There is a small, thin, 'feeler' like appendage which appeared to be waving around and which might have been somehow helping with the process.
Then again......
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South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)Observer
jordi_nzDescription
Pair mating on a kawakawa plant
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South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)Observer
monsteraravioliDescription
Found on my catnip plant in my New Lynn garden.
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
Moulting
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
shaun-leeDescription
First yellow one I have seen
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
anna-nzDescription
Noticed a NZ female praying mantis mating with three males. Walked past 10 mins later and she'd caught a butterfly and was eating it. Nice multitasking!!
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
ccoDescription
One of two seen that day, in coastal dunes. No more seen in Whanganui region since then
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South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Observation for the left side egg mass.
Obs for the right side ootheca, New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/94683527
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Obs for the right ootheca (egg mass). The left one looks like a South African ootheca (Miomantis caffra)? Both on the underside of a magnolia leaf.
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Australian Garden Mantis (Orthodera ministralis)Observer
simongroveDescription
Garden mantis Orthodera ministralis, Stony Head, Tasmania, March 2021
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
possumsendDescription
Large numbers in a variety of shrubs in drylands.
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
maltsDescription
Found on strawberry plants in pot
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
possumsendDescription
Found by @samtheanimalman on the very top of a rock tor at about 1600m asl.
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
samuelpurdiewildlifeDescription
NZ Mantis at 1600 metres!!!
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
carey-knox-southern-scalesDescription
At 1,500 odd metres a.s.l. with @possumsend and @samtheanimalman
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Emperor Gum Moth (Opodiphthera eucalypti)Observer
jon_sullivanDescription
There are lots of gum emperor moth pupae, and old pupal cases, in this lone eucalyptus tree and the adjacent willow and silver birch trees.
