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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Obie" data-source="post: 14827" data-attributes="member: 238">If they're adult Platymeris sp. assassins, the assassin would win, no question IMO, unless the mantis was three times its size or something.  I think anyone who's kept them will attest to their ferocious demeanor  :shock: and potent venom (the victim is instantly paralyzed and quickly sucked dry, not slowely chewed to death).  I regularly feed my assassins full grown female hissers and they are toast in a matter of seconds, then four or five additional assassins pile on and soon there is only a husk left.  Assassins have superb vision too as long as there is some movement, and they are more likely to persue their victim than mantids in my experience.  Plus, they actually seem to PREFER prey larger than themselves.Oh, and the venom-spraying is only used for defense and only in extreme situations.  I doubt an assassin would spray a mantis.</blockquote>