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<blockquote data-quote="Precarious" data-source="post: 155346" data-attributes="member: 3941"><p>It varies with each species and depends on the mood of the mantis. Like I said, only the one Idolo does this and for some reason only when on this tree. I guess she feels she should be invisible when on the tree. You can tell she's in that mode because she pulls her claws up to the side of her face and skews her whole body to one side. I have other species that never show a threat display.</p><p></p><p>My female Ghosts and Unicorns only do it when confronting another mantis.</p><p></p><p>Popa spurca do it for any old reason.</p><p></p><p>Every now and then my Mega does it out of the blue, which is cute - he rocks back and forth with his arms spread. I'd love to catch that on video but he's so unpredictable. If I try to make him do it he flies away.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes if you make your hand crawl like a big spider they freak out! I've seen people use a small paint brush to annoy them. You've just got to experiment and see what works for your particular mantis. I try not to annoy them too much, but it is cool to see the display.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Precarious, post: 155346, member: 3941"] It varies with each species and depends on the mood of the mantis. Like I said, only the one Idolo does this and for some reason only when on this tree. I guess she feels she should be invisible when on the tree. You can tell she's in that mode because she pulls her claws up to the side of her face and skews her whole body to one side. I have other species that never show a threat display. My female Ghosts and Unicorns only do it when confronting another mantis. Popa spurca do it for any old reason. Every now and then my Mega does it out of the blue, which is cute - he rocks back and forth with his arms spread. I'd love to catch that on video but he's so unpredictable. If I try to make him do it he flies away. Sometimes if you make your hand crawl like a big spider they freak out! I've seen people use a small paint brush to annoy them. You've just got to experiment and see what works for your particular mantis. I try not to annoy them too much, but it is cool to see the display. [/QUOTE]
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