I just laid an ooth and I am hungry!

[padkison]

 

[Alex 1]

Holy ! I've always wanted a mantis that could take a large adult roach like that. Too bad my budwing breeding attempt failed. What species roach is it?

 

[padkison]

The roach is a discoid.

I've noticed these budwing females are aggressive when it comes to food. Usually I give her a B. lateralis roach adult which is about 1/4 the size of the discoid. However, I though I'd see what she was willing to tackle. Took her about 5 seconds to decide she wanted it.

 

[Rick]

Awesome

 

[yen_saw]

Adult P. Agrionina female aggressiveness always amazed me, it is like taking down a sumo wrestler for normal people like you and me. Impressive! nice pic!

 

[AFK]

don't tell me she was able to finish all that in one sitting

 

[Rick]

don't tell me she was able to finish all that in one sitting

Unlikely. Probably ate less than half.

 

[padkison]

She ate about 1/2 of it sans wings. Funny to watch her. Near the end she was just holding it. Too full to eat, but not ready to drop it.

 

[ponchot]

My Chinese Mantis had a large meal like that once.

I gave her an extra large Katydid & after about

30 minutes of eating, she stopped cold & hung onto

half of it for another 15 minutes I didnt move a bit...stuffed.

She took a few more bites & then dropped the other

half. Fun to watch the big meals isnt it.