Funny story

[nursemelody]

I wish I had pictures of this, but last summer my husband and I were sitting under a live oak tree in our backyard at the table outdoors, and there was a little grass mantid walking along the table looking for something to eat. He picked up a piece of catepillar frass on the table to give it a try, and then decided it wasn't too good and flung it far off into the distance. We couldnt stop laughing.

 

[hibiscusmile]

haha, I do so like a funny story, did u give it a bug? :lol:

 

[nursemelody]

I actually got him to eat a hydei fly, and a tiny baby mealworm... But it was hilarious like he was saying "NASTY!"

 

[dgerndt]

Haha!! :lol: Great story!! My mantids will actually eat around the stomach contents of their feeder bugs and fling the nasty leftovers away from them. It's like they're saying, "Ew! I told you I don't eat plants! You can't fool me by putting it in the middle of my dinner!" :lol:

 

[hibiscusmile]

Humm, vegetables! :lol:

 

[nursemelody]

That's hilarious... This guy must have been new to the world to give frass a chance! hahha It was obviously nothing he wanted upon tasting!!

 

[geckoboy3]

Hahahaha

 

[Arwen9]

Lol.

He must have been thinking, "Wow, this tastes like ...."

(yeah, corny, I know. )

Well, I had a word there with a c but I guess it's not allowed? lol

 

[lancaster1313]

Some of my mantids have tried to eat some strange things, but to see it in nature has got to be cool. :lol: