Mantises of JCU Townsville

A guide to the Mantids found on the Townsville campus of James Cook University to aid in identification

All 20

Snake Mantis ¹
Kongobatha diademata

Netwinged Mantis ²
Neomantis australis

Pygmy Ground Mantises ¹
Bolbe

Yellow-spotted Grass Mantis ³
Archimantis brunneriana

Australian Stick Mantis ¹
Archimantis latistyla

Austrovates variegata ⁴

Statilia apicalis ¹

Eight-spot Mantis ⁵
Mantis octospilota

Helen's Slender Grass Mantis
Rhodomantis helenae

Purple-winged Mantis ⁶
Tenodera australasiae

Tenodera fasciata blanchardi ⁷

Rainbow Mantis ⁸
Sphodropoda quinquedens

Burying Mantis ⁹
Sphodropoda tristis

Orthodera gracilis ⁸

Australian Green Mantis ¹⁰
Orthodera ministralis

Eastern Treerunner Mantis ⁸
Ciulfina biseriata

Paraoxypilus kimberleyensis ⁸

Paraoxypilus verreauxii ¹¹

Spiny Bark Mantis ¹²
Gyromantis kraussii

Eastern Termite Hunter ⁸
Phthersigena conspersa

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