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My hand might look strange today but these female Ghost Mantids (Phyllocrania paradoxa) are stunning little creatures! At a glance you’d think they were leaves but their varying color forms and beautifully flared details help them camouflage among foliage to foil predators and their prey. Unlike many other mantids, these guys can be housed communally and rarely cannibalize their cohabitants and mates. With a keen set of eyes, you might see them in our Rainforest terrariums or animal attraction galleries. Shoutout to @bugsincyberspace for sending us some of these babes! #prayingmantis #mantids #phyllocraniaparadoxa #ghostmantis
#throwbackthursday to one of my favorite videos ever featuring @millerswildlife. His African twig mantis never really liked me very much. Here she is trying to kill me. (mantids are usually super gentle and those little raptorial arms don’t hurt at all, I was just shocked because he was aiming for my eyeball, haha! She probably saw my pupils moving around and thought it was prey.) #funny #bugs #prayingmantis #thursday #tbt #bug #mantis #mantids #pets #animals #animalovers #wildlife #wild #funnyvideos #africantwigmantis #invertsofinstagram #invertebrate #bugsofinstagram #bugcollection #animalvideos
This little fella has been very lazy so I thought I would take him to the fly !!! Happily sitting on my finger, this little nymph of Pseudocreobotra whalbergii, readily waits for me to take him to ready and waiting flesh flies just asking to be gobbled up, and it’s not long before he catches his first in the blink of an eye.... they are so quick the fly doesn’t have much chance. So this is my new eco friendly way of getting rid of flies in the shed... though it is a bit labour intensive #mantidsofinstagram #mantid #insectsofinstagram #insects #insects_of_our_world #bugzuk #invertebrates #invertebrate #animals #insectsphotography #arthropods #creatures #insectsoftheworld #prayingmantis #mantidae #mantidsoftheworld #mantids #followers #arthropod #nature #pseudocreobotrawahlbergii
I never really got the chance to make some decent fanart of their mother, Prisma, so I’m gonna make sure these little guys get as much attention and love I can offer them via future doodles/posts. (And Yes, I’m aware that it’s normal mantid behavior to eat their siblings but it still hurts me to see my kids do that :’( •
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Mantodea kung fu beautiful beauty
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Mantodea (or mantises) is an order of insects that contains approximately 2,200 species in 15 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. A colloquial name for the order is “praying mantises”, because of the typical “prayer-like” stance, although the term is often misspelled as “preying mantis” since mantises are predatory.
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1) Spiny flower mantis, Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi
2) Orchid mantis, Hymenopus coronatus
I don't usually post mantids but @lohits_a has some pretty cool species that I got to observe, hold, and photograph! The spiny flower mantis is displaying a defense pose which scares off predators with those large intimidating eyespots. Mantids eat insects such as moths, flies, beetles, crickets...basically any small insect they are able to catch (including other members of their species). The spiny flower mantis is native to southern/eastern Africa and the orchid mantis is native to Southeast Asia.
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Hadogenes troglodytes. It’s said that oftentimes, when stung by a species in this genus, it’s difficult to know if any venom was injected.
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This is a slightly graphic video of a sphodromantis eating a cricket it has just caught... tasty #mantidsofinstagram #mantid #insectsofinstagram #insects #insects_of_our_world #bugzuk #invertebrates #invertebrate #insectsphotography #arthropods #sphodromantis #insectsoftheworld #prayingmantis #mantidae #mantidsoftheworld #mantids #followers #arthropod
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Lighting reactions☘️
Hymenopus coronatus
(orchid mantis)
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Collecter les statistiques #MANTIDS effectuez une recherche à l'obtention des statistiques (Aller à la sélection).