Mega Mantis

[guapoalto049]

Many people believed it was more than foot long when i showed them this dried specimen

Haha I can picture that happening, much like supposed 6" Chinese mantids. This is one of the few I've ever seen a legitimate 6".

I love how you measured it on the same plane as the ruler. As I mentioned before many people take pictures of a mantid standing on one, which gives the illusion in a photo of a longer mantid.

Have you noticed stored specimens shrinking after dying? I know for a fact that a Chinese specimen I have was 9.8 cm when alive, but when I took it out of the freezer to pin it today it was 8.6 cm.

 

[Schloaty]

Good Gravy, Yen! That thing is HUGE! Skinny, but still.

I think I remember the previous time you posted this pic.

Do you still raise these guys? Does that keep the neighborhood kids off your lawn?

 

[myles]

And that 10 zloty bank note! :lol:

thats a EURO bank note :lol: