0037:
Common Stick Mantid
Archimantis sobrina
Little Sandy Desert, WA
0038:
Boxing Ground Mantis
Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis
Perth, WA
MANTODEA (Australian Praying Mantids - Mantidae)
Most
Mantids employ camouflage for 2 reasons – to avoid predation
by larger creatures and to assist predation by allowing prey to unknowingly
venture within the grasp of those deadly front legs. Australia has
a relatively small continental fauna comprising around 170 species.