Archimantis latistyla
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Archimantis latistyla, commonly known as the grass mantis or the stick mantis is a species of mantis native to Australia. Grass mantises are usually light brown with short winged female and a long winged male. The female is not able to fly but the male is. The male grass mantis is smaller than the female and is about 90 mm long and the female is about 110 mm long. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Stick Mantis sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 108th most-seen of the 789 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and May–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Stick Mantis in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Australian Stick Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Australian Stick Mantis sightings, Blue Mountains National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Royal National Park (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Mantidae
The closest relatives of the Australian Stick Mantis that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Mantidae, Mantids) are False Garden Mantis (about 20%), Purple-Winged Mantis (about 10%) and Australian Garden Mantis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Australian Stick Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (32 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
