Clever Mantis Names

[nackerson]

Hey everyone,

I am just wondering what some of your most clever mantis names have been. I have named mine Scyther, after a pokemon . I had also named one penelope once. I thought that flowed nicely. Penelope the praying mantis

 

[KevinsWither]

I was thinking of naming my future asian mantids (orchids) joan, jasmine, or another feminine asian name. 

 

[crabbypatty]

Mantis Monarch named his spiny flower mantis Mark Wahlbergii, omg it kills me every time, haha. I named my red armed mantis Bleez, she's a character in the Green Lantern universe and she's part of the Red Lanterns, I named my Giant African Samurai, she's vicious, my dead leaf mantis is Crunchy Roll cuz he looks like a crunchy leaf, my ghost is the a Little Prince cuz he's a finicky eater, and my giant asian is Gargantua, he's a wimp.

 

[spider_creations]

I don't normally name my mantids (I should) but my female iris is named honeysuckle for some reason i really like that name for her. I also had a unicorn mantis that was named Fredrick or Fred for short, but a friend came up with that name.

 

[CosbyArt]

I'm in the same boat, half or more of my mantids do not get a name. The ones that do tend to get names from my wife and my niece. When I use to bother with names the most clever I did was a Ghost (Phyllocrania paradoxa) that has only one raptorial forearm his entire life from L2 to adult. Anyway I called him One-armed Bandit, and the name Bandit stuck in case it regrew which it never did (was flush with his thorax his entire life).

 

[MantisRCool]

Mantis Monarch named his spiny flower mantis Mark Wahlbergii, omg it kills me every time, haha. I named my red armed mantis Bleez, she's a character in the Green Lantern universe and she's part of the Red Lanterns, I named my Giant African Samurai, she's vicious, my dead leaf mantis is Crunchy Roll cuz he looks like a crunchy leaf, my ghost is the a Little Prince cuz he's a finicky eater, and my giant asian is Gargantua, he's a wimp.

Hahaha Mark Wahlbergii, that is genius!!

 

[ZIV]

i named my three ghost mantises chompet ,twiglet and pinkey like pacman

 

[Sticky]

Sticky got his name when I gave him honey for the first time! He got it all over himself!

Legolas was my R. Stalli, it means Prince Greenleaf. That's from Lord of The Rings.

 

[icantpicka.username]

i’ve named my new mantis patrick prayze

 

[Firenkyo]

Named my Ghost Cilantro because she looks like a piece of it that got left in the fridge for a few weeks

 

[ANTdrew]

I named my new Creobroter Thursday because he arrived on a Thursday.

 

[Meddle]

Edgar, from Men In Black

 

[kurliefrie]

spindle my wandering violin mantis and judgemental speck the ghost mantis!!

 

[Vitalwings]

Hey everyone,

I am just wondering what some of your most clever mantis names have been. I have named mine Scyther, after a pokemon . I had also named one penelope once. I thought that flowed nicely. Penelope the praying mantis

Nice

 

[Cheeseburger79]

My daughter and I have been watching ******* lately, so we named our female Jenny Knoxville. She is living up to her name too, she has tried to fly at the wall twice. Thankfully, she's fine, but im hesitant to take her out of her space too much!

 

[luvhannah_]

The names for my ghost mantids this year followed a tree name theme, so like, Cypress, Almond, and Magnolia

 

[spike]

Edward Scissor Claws

 

[TheWolven]

Hmm I once named an ornery orchid male Bon Jovi.

 

[jmantis]

I almost named my lil guy “Manny” after the praying Mantis from bugs life! Manny the mantis lol.