Orchid mantis!

[Okoboji22]

this is my subadult male orchid mantis jinx



One more thing, is assymetrical coloring normal for this type of mantis?

 

[Connor]

That's a nice looking mantis! I have a L5-L6 female orchid, and she destroys any food I give her lol. As far a color goes... she has symmetrical coloring but I'm not sure about the species in general..

 

[Okoboji22]

That's a nice looking mantis! I have a L5-L6 female orchid, and she destroys any food I give her lol. As far a color goes... she has symmetrical coloring but I'm not sure about the species in general..

Lol I know what you mean by destroying the food. When he was smaller there were always these giant moths outside of my house that had a wingspan 3x his length and were at least 2x the mass of him. I put one in his cage one day because I was low on food and wanted to see if he would even attempt to catch a meal like that. He grabbed it and i thought he would eat like less than half but I checked on hour later and all that was left were wings and a very full mantis. After feeding him those it got to the point where it only took like 3 of these moths to get him to his next moult. I have a picture of him holding one of those moths if you like too see.

 

[Connor]

Haha that's awesome. A pic would be hilarious to see!

 

[Okoboji22]

Haha that's awesome. A pic would be hilarious to see!

your wish is my command!  

 

[Connor]

What the.... he ate that thing?!

 

[Okoboji22]

What the.... he ate that thing?!

Yep. Fattest mantis I ever seen after finishing it and had no idea they could even eat something like that.  :blink:

 

[Connor]

That's crazy... what a boss

 

[MantisGirl13]

WOW! That is a seriously huge moth compared to that mantis! He ate the whole thing????????!!!!!! He must have been really fat afterwards!