Biology:List of Australian stick insects and mantids
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Mantids and stick insects of Australia are mainly found in small mantis colonies and some large stick insect colonies although the largest of all phasmids (stick insects) is the great brown phasmid (Titan stick insect) which can reach lengths of up to 250 mm long. The most common species of the mantis in Australia is the false garden mantis and the garden mantis found all over Australia.
South East Queensland
- False Garden Mantis: Pseudomantis albofimbriata
- Garden Mantis: Orthodera ministralis
- Monster Mantis: Archimantis monstrosa
- Burying Mantis: Shodropoda tristis
- Large Brown Mantis: Archimantis latistyla
- Crowned Stick Insect: Onchestus rentzi
- Spur Legged Phasmid: Didymuria violescens
- Children's Stick Insect: Tropidoderus childrenii
- Titan Stick Insect: Acrophylla titan
- Goliath Stick Insect: Eurycnema goliath
- Pink Winged Phasma: Podocanthus typhon
- Tesselated Phasmaid: Ctenomorphodes tessulatus
- Boxer Bark Mantis: Paraoxypilus sp.
- Spiny Bark Mantis: Gyromantis kraussi
- Brown Ground Mantis: Bolbe spp.
- Purple-winged Mantis: Tenodera australasiae
- Chilean Eric: Erichi chilensis
See also
- Egg (phasmatodea)
References
"Stick insects and praying mantids - Phasmatodea and Mantodea". FaunaBase. Australian Museum. Archived from the original on July 21, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080721005613/http://faunanet.gov.au/wos/group.cfm?Group_ID=18. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
External links
- Brisbane Insects.com website — by Peter Chew.
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