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New Zealand Praying Mantis - Orthodea novaezealandiae
New Zealand praying mantis. Common and can be found only in New Zealand. The female can fly and often eats the male. There is blue patch on the inner side of the leg. Mantids are not pest, they eat other insects. One adult can eat around 23 flies a day.
Sits on leaves or branches. It has a calm temper.
Spotted on Apr 23, 2011
Submitted on May 2, 2011
7 Comments
Nice picture
Wow love your photo George. Please consider adding this great spotting to the mission Biodiversity of North Island New Zealand
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1527...
Thank you ladies. I like your photos too, they are amazing.
Amazing image!
Oh really? Very interesting! Your photo is great by the way!
Wow. Actually I find it possible. Insects can migrate long distances in soo many different forms. Usually they gas shipping containers with bromide but there is always a way to escape.
I actually found one in country Victoria in Australia with the same blue thing on it's leg. I thought it was a bruise or something! Interesting. I'll post my pic.