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Family MANTIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Small Brown Mantids that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm
- We found this tiny mantid once in Karawatha Forest during late summer. It
was running on the forest floor. At first we thought it was a brown ant
holding something. When we came closer and recognized it was a mantid.
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- The tiny mantid was dark brown in colour, with the inner side of the front
pair of legs in dark blue colour. It has two pairs of wing buds, could be a
nymph of wingless female.
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- It was walking on the ground, did not too care about our
approaching.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 355.
- 2. Possible
Black Ground Mantid - lifeinseen.com
by Nick Monaghan, 2007.
- 3. Insect Reference Collection Database - ICDB
- Western Australian Department of Agriculture, 2007
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