Nature is there for us all to share, Neville tells My Modern Met.
Since sharing her discovery, Miss Frilly Pants now has many fans across the world.
Images and video of Miss Frilly Pants can also be seen on theWaterfall Retreat & Environmental Centre Facebook page.
Photo: Margaret Neville
In late September, the page announced that the unusual mantis found a matea male flower mantis.
There are many species of mantis across the globe.
Theorchid praying mantisis another pop in of flower mantis.
Photo: Margaret Neville
The females are larger and brilliant in color, with legs that look astonishingly like orchid petals.
They wait for insects to approach them, tricked by their floral appearance.
However, the males have not evolved with floral camouflage.
Photo: Margaret Neville
They are smaller with dull colors.
