page_title: Orthodera novaezealandiae
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Orthodera novaezealandiae / References
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of heterospecific mating attempt between NZ and SA mantises
context_page_description: Orthodera novaezealandiae, known as the New Zealand mantis or the New Zealand praying mantis, is a species of praying mantis which is, as both the scientific name and common names suggest, indigenous and endemic to New Zealand.
context_section_description: University of Auckland
  Ramsay, G. W. 1990. Mantodea (Insecta) with a review of aspects of functional morphology and biology. Fauna of New Zealand 19, 96 pages. ISBN 0-477-02581-1. Published 13 June 1990.
  Purkayastha, M. 1999, Orthodera novaezealandiae, University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web. Accessed July 27, 2008
  Tree of Life
  New Zealand Praying Mantis (exotic-pets.co.uk)
  This information from the University of Michigan reports that O. novaezealandiae grows between 3.5 and 4.5 inches in length, a size that seems incompatible with the information given in other sources. 3.5 to 4.5 centimetres may be what the text should read.
  Photo of O. novaezealandiae female creating ootheca and discussion of Miomantis caffra
  Bowie, Matthew K.; Bowie, Mike K. (2003). "Where does the New Zealand praying mantis, Orthodera novaezealandiae (Colenso) (Mantodea: Mantidae), deposit its oothecae?". New Zealand Entomologist. 26: 3–5. doi:10.1080/00779962.2003.9722103. hdl:10182/3035.
  Rimutaka Forest Park, New Zealand
  Praying Mantids in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia
  Fea, Stanley, Holwell (2013). "Fatal attraction: sexually cannibalistic invaders attract naive native mantids". Biology Letters. 9 (6): 20130746. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0746. PMC 3871360. PMID 24284560 – via Royal Society Publishing.
  Species Database: Mantodea
caption: Male O.novaezealandiae attempting to copulate with female M. caffra
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