Orthodera ministralis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Garden Mantis sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 180 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 70th most-seen of the 742 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Australian Garden Mantis in Sydney on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Australian Garden Mantis sightings, Sydney ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Brisbane (Australia, about 20%) and Perth (Australia, about 10%).
Same family: Mantidae
The closest relatives of the Australian Garden Mantis that you can see in Sydney (family Mantidae, Mantids) are False Garden Mantis (about 10%), Australian Stick 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 Garden Mantis is recorded against all the insects logged in Sydney (180 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.
