Archimantis latistyla
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Stick Mantis sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 381 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 24th most-seen of the 1083 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to July
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Stick Mantis in Brisbane on a given day, against about 10% in August and September, 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.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Australian Stick Mantis sightings, Brisbane has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Sydney (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Mantidae
The closest relatives of the Australian Stick Mantis that you can see in Brisbane (family Mantidae, Mantids) are Australian Garden Mantis (about 20%), False Garden Mantis (about 10%) and Purple-Winged 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 Brisbane (381 verified sightings), 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.
