Katnapper's Mantids are deadly.

[vera_renczi]

 

[ZoeRipper]

Hahaha! Oh wow. Vicious!

 

[vera_renczi]

Yeah it actually hurt quite a bit but I had to get pictures. I tried giving her a cricket to make her stop and she threw it away.

 

[revmdn]

She trains them with a secret attack codeword. You must have said it by accident. :lol:

 

[vera_renczi]

I think it's like some necro mantid curse because these things wont die. Not that I've tried, haha. They're like going on 9 months now and I have one that hasn't even molted for the last time. Whatever it is, it gives them a taste for human flesh.

 

[ZoeRipper]

Jesus! Reminder to self, don't get mantids from Kat!

 

[vera_renczi]

Just wear protective gloves. Zombie mantids are a rare find.

 

[sbugir]

I wish my budwings would turn adult to attack me... Not fair.

 

[Katnapper]

She was just grooming that hangnail you had on your thumb! Don't see it? Well... see, she got it! :lol:

 

[vera_renczi]

More like, she was the cause of it. I'm proudly sporting my mantis hang nail.

 

[kamakiri]

Nice pics and welcome back...

 

[Rick]

Had a budwing female doing the same thing yesterday to me. I was trying to breed her and she kept grabbing the male on her back. I just stick my finger in her way.

 

[agent A]

Had a budwing female doing the same thing yesterday to me. I was trying to breed her and she kept grabbing the male on her back. I just stick my finger in her way.

happened to me with Hierodula. And when the mantis is heavy and hangs on your fingers with its claws.... :angry:

 

[hibiscusmile]

She trains them with a secret attack codeword. You must have said it by accident. :lol:

I really do think u hit the nail on the head! Too bad, I think she ment to keep this one :lol:

 

[Kruszakus]

Today, a Polyspilota female started licking off moisture from my finger, but kinda transitioned to chewing the skin, at least it felt like it. She probably did, because as I was trying to remove her, she grabbed onto my finger... I quickly "dislodged" her before I could feel any pain, but it creeped me out.

 

[JoeCapricorn]

Fortune sometimes gives me a bit of an attitude when I try to coax him into his container after feeding or cleaning his cage. He's 5th instar, so there is no way he is going to hurt me, but it's somewhat funny to see him do a threat pose and grab squeeze my finger. I usually just let him calm down before attempting to put him back again

 

[Opivy]

Kat's mantids really are mean. I had one **** my finger! It literally mounted my middle finger, with it's sharper parts jammed into the fleshy parts near the base.

 

[Katnapper]

I don't teach them to do these things... :huh: really!

 

[revmdn]

Yeah, sure.