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<blockquote data-quote="minomantis" data-source="post: 326060" data-attributes="member: 6680"><p>Now that I have ghost Mantids I am becoming VERY obsessed with them. They are so fascinating and their camouflage is like no other (except all the other dead leaf mimicking mantids<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😅" title="Grinning face with sweat :sweat_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f605.png" data-shortname=":sweat_smile:" />)</p><p></p><p>I was just thinking, at first I thought they were timid because the flies would just walk all over them, but then I thought, maybe they just need the right moment. I watched one of my females watch this fly for a couple minutes. She clearly wanted to eat it, but it just needed to be a the right place. Needless to say, she caught it and destroyed it. </p><p></p><p>Maybe with Ghosts and other mantids that rely super heavily on their disguise, they inherently know that they cant afford to move around wasting energy because they can be next on the the food chain. The insect needs to be caught and taken down quickly. </p><p></p><p>Or the could just be a timid species. Haha! I just saw the way she went after the fly was like there is no way this mantis is timid. Lol just my thoughts!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="minomantis, post: 326060, member: 6680"] Now that I have ghost Mantids I am becoming VERY obsessed with them. They are so fascinating and their camouflage is like no other (except all the other dead leaf mimicking mantids😅) I was just thinking, at first I thought they were timid because the flies would just walk all over them, but then I thought, maybe they just need the right moment. I watched one of my females watch this fly for a couple minutes. She clearly wanted to eat it, but it just needed to be a the right place. Needless to say, she caught it and destroyed it. Maybe with Ghosts and other mantids that rely super heavily on their disguise, they inherently know that they cant afford to move around wasting energy because they can be next on the the food chain. The insect needs to be caught and taken down quickly. Or the could just be a timid species. Haha! I just saw the way she went after the fly was like there is no way this mantis is timid. Lol just my thoughts! [/QUOTE]
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