Orthodera ministralis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Orthodera ministralis, common name garden mantis or Australian green mantis, is a species of praying mantis from Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Garden Mantis sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 63 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 202nd most-seen of the 875 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Garden Mantis in Melbourne on a given day, against under 5% in January, April and June–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Australian Garden Mantis sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
5th of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Australian Garden Mantis sightings, Melbourne ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brisbane (Australia, about 20%), Perth (Australia, about 10%) and Sydney (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Mantidae
The closest relatives of the Australian Garden Mantis that you can see in Melbourne (family Mantidae, Mantids) are False Garden Mantis (about 30%) 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 Garden Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Melbourne (63 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.
