Mantodea · Native

False garden mantis

Pseudomantis albofimbriata

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FIELD CHARACTERS

What to look for

Folded grasping forelegs and a mobile triangular head.

Scan flowering shrubs for ambush predators. Photograph from the side and above.

Identification limits

These features identify mantises as a group; species requires finer details.

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VICTORIA · ALL LIFE STAGES

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