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Pseudomantis albofimbriata
About 50mm long. Eyes red (at night time?) Wing covers in an attractive green. Distinctive patches on the inside of the forearms. Dominating the front of a car at night watching for any arthropods to dare enter his domain. He had already dismembered a tiny fly and left the wings only,
Next to a large national park.
These are usually either green (dominant colour) or brown but sometimes occur in other colours including aqua and this rare multi-coloured form.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Pseudomant...
Spotted on Apr 1, 2014
Submitted on Apr 1, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks Stephen and Luis. Although a common mantid I've only seen these colours twice now.
Very attractive little mantis. Nice find!