Leprechaun Murder Scene!

[cloud jaguar]

This morning before I went to see the new HP movie with my kids I put a fat tomato worm into the net enclosure of our S. Limbata. Definitely avoid doing this! I came back and the inside of the net looks like a leprechaun murder scene! Green guts, juice and goo squirted everywhere in there! Gross. I dont know what I was thinking - perhaps i thought the mantis would enjoy the meal with a nice serviette, fork and spoon

 

[Rick]

I fed a large caterpillar like that once. There was alot of goo around too but not to that scale.

 

[Katnapper]

Eeeks... thanks for the warning! :lol:

 

[a1_collection]

I laughed so hard when I read the title.

 

[revmdn]

I had feed a real big moth to one of my mantids, it was real messy. Looked like feathers everywhere.

 

[jameslongo]

Worms & caterpillars are notorious for exploding after that first bite

 

[kamakiri]

Funny! Yeah, I generally don't feed from the garden for reasons like that. Silkworms weren't much better when I tried them (free sample from my crix supplier) goo and silk everywhere!

 

[hibiscusmile]

hummm, maybe cut it on a paper towel first, or give em a lobster bib!

 

[Zephyr]

Mantids + butterworms = torture.

One bite and all the guts just burst out... Of course it's not very fun for the butterworm, but the mantids sure look happy...

 

[Kruszakus]

Any pics from the scene, mugshots of the culprit?

 

[Giosan]

Any pics from the scene, mugshots of the culprit?

We want it gore!!! :lol:

 

[Kruszakus]

We want it gore!!! :lol:

Yeah, try to top Sweeney Todd or Total Recall