mantises eat mantis

[szy]

mantises eat mantis

 

[idolomantis]

is that an orchid mantis eating an idolomantis?

O_O where these missmolted?

 

[The_Asa]

That doesn't happen too often

 

[Katnapper]

Can't see the photos very well... wish they were a bit bigger.

 

[idolomantis]

Can't see the photos very well... wish they were a bit bigger.

you can clic on them

 

[Rick]

you can clic on them

And they get just a little bigger. Can't tell if that first pic is real or not.

 

[Katnapper]

you can clic on them

I did.

 

[idolomantis]

lol i knew it for 99% so i was kidding.

 

[Katnapper]

lol i knew it for 99% so i was kidding.

 

[obregon562]

am i the only one who does not understand?

haha i guess?

 

[PhilinYuma]

am i the only one who does not understand?

No, you're not.

 

[Peter Clausen]

I like the mismolt theory or the "it had already died theory". I don't personally have a problem feeding bugs to other bugs (especially mismolted or recently dead). It's a good way to conserve energy in the hobby...you could say.

But it would seem to me that the interesting photos would be the ones that come just before or just after one mantis grabs another, not when one is already half eaten.

 

[chun]

haha, i like the first photo alot :lol: :lol:

 

[ismart]

haha, i like the first photo alot :lol: :lol:

I was thinking the same thing :lol: .

 

[londonmantid]

Man i can see nothing

Anyway quite interesting theory of feeding others with the mismolt

i had never thought about it but at the end of the day as Peter said its a good way to conserve the energy

 

[yeatzee]

that orchid mantis is a beast