Orthodera
- Orthodera australiana
- Orthodera burmeisteri
- Orthodera gracilis
- Orthodera gunnii
- Orthodera insularis
- Orthodera ministralis
- Orthodera novaezealandiae
- Orthodera rubrocoxata
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Orthodera novaezealandiae |
|---|---|
| Location | Hoon Hay, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Comments | Note the blue coloration on the underside of the mantid's forelegs---this is a characteristic separating the native New Zealand species from the South African species, Miomantis caffra, that established in New Zealand in the 1970s. |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Behavior | with a caught blue-bottle blowfly |
| Life Cycle Stage | nymph |
| Source | native praying mantis |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2008 Jon Sullivan |
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