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Purple-winged Mantis

Tenodera australasiae

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 340, February 714, March 558, April 260, May 111, June 59, July 17, August 14, September 25, October 33, November 51, December 105.
Australia2,287
New South Wales749
Victoria739
Queensland408
Hawaii224
Tasmania129
Australian Capital Territory121
United States89
South Australia82
Northern Territory45

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • SymbioticLives in close mutualistic relationship with another organismFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderMantises · Mantodea
FamilyMantids · Mantidae
GenusTenodera

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Purple-winged Mantis with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.