This is a neat little ant-mimicking mantid Gyromantis sp. (Amorphoscelidae: Paraoxypilinae) that utilises burned tree trunks to ambush prey. It's only 2cm long, wingless and almost invisible against charred tree bark.
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saximus
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Wow very cool. It's interesting that this thing has evolved to look like charred trees. That must mean there have been consistent bushfires in their locality for quite a while...?
Beard
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The mantis is mimicking the mantis mimicking ant, obviously.
I have seen them on other surfaces too, they just look like a piece of charcoal. Notostigma sp. ants are almost as big and look kind of similar.
Other species of ant-mimicking mantids.
She produced cocoon last tight.
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