Odontomantis planiceps - the strongest mantis for its size?

[macro junkie]

My female just took on a crikct that was alot bigger than her.shes about 15mm the cricket was about 20mm..its so funny...she was grabbing it and ripping off a leg at a time..eating it..then going back for more..lol..untill all there was left was the crickets body then then had it for dinner..i cant belive these mantids..even the nympths..the size of them taken on flightless frute flys..its quite a site..Just think if this mantid was as big as the giant asian.Its got to be the hardest mantid i have.. :lol:

 

[idolomantis]

yeah don,t mess whit the small ones :lol:

 

[Kruszakus]

Boxer mantids are a bit more ferocious - O. distinctus is even smaller and can also rip apart a 2 cm cricket - you should have seen it - half of the enclosure was upside down - twigs and dries out flower were almost flying around as my fravid female was trying to overpower the poor cricket - it put up a fight, but in the end it did not survive the assault.

Also my B. mendica L3, which with a flat abdomen has about 8 mm, tackled a house fly twice as big - that was a sight!

 

[idolomantis]

ye my ameles decolor takes down a hornet(wasp) from twice size

 

[Morpheus uk]

Id say Psuedocreobotra and creobotra are the most aggressive, funny little things

 

[ABbuggin]

I agree, Psuedocreobotra, has been the most vicious sp. Ive kept. When I had (want again) P. whalbergii my adult females would greedily eat moths with a 4 inch wingspan!!!! (one female had three of these moths)

Now the was truly a SIGHT to see :lol:

 

[Birdfly]

Still they are all quite placid compared to Cilnia humeralis