Archimantis monstrosa
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| Archimantis monstrosa Wood-Mason, 1878 |
Archimantis monstrosa is 1 of 10 species in the genus Archimantis. A. monstrosa, or monster mantis, reaches a length of up to 130mm. It can live longer than the more common species, Archimantis latistyla, and will eat twice as much.
[edit] Identification
A. monstrosa can be distinguished from A. latistyla in that it is white and only has three spots on the wing covers where latistyla has 4; another feature is the spines on the margin of the thorax.
[edit] Threatend
This Species of Archimantis is now near threatened via the over population of A.latistyla found spread over Australia. A. monstrosa having found on the coast line can get quite large and even will attack some more larger prey.
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