27 May 2016

Critter of the week

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 27 May 2016

The New Zealand praying mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae) with DOC's threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki.

NZ praying mantis nymph eating a blowfly

Female New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae) from side

Female New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae) from above

NZ praying mantis

The European female Praying Mantis engaging in Sexual Cannibalism

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