She's a beast, a beast I tell you!

[hibiscusmile]

Member Barney on Andy Griffin? That's what he said one day, the older folks here will remember!

But back to my story, I was feeding and removing ooths from a container of ghosts this morning where

I have a number of girls together, after being in there up to my elbow collecting ooths I must of

aggravated one of the moms, she bite me on my arm. I gotta tell you it hurt, my hand couldn't be

pulled right out, as there is a lot of branches and mantis in the way, so she had a good hold on me.

I put some ointment on it and a bandaid, cause the loose bbs in the room were trying to

land on it! That happened a couple of hours ago and it still hurts.... as I said in the beginning,

she's a beast... oh yea if that wasn't bad enough, after I took my arm out and inspected it, and

went back in to finish, another one about 5 to 6" from her nipped me too. What I was wondering is,

is it possible, (and more that likely it is) did her aggravation flow from one to the other? Did she signal

somehow to the others that I was a threat? What do you guys think?

 

[revmdn]

Wow! I never heard of a mantid biting a human and it doing any damage. And a ghost at that. Sorry to hear and see that. It must be because you're so sweet.

 

[kamakiri]

...just glad that's not me! :lol:

Maybe they are protective of the ooths?

 

[Andredesz]

Member Barney on Andy Griffin? That's what he said one day, the older folks here will remember!But back to my story, I was feeding and removing ooths from a container of ghosts this morning where

I have a number of girls together, after being in there up to my elbow collecting ooths I must of

aggravated one of the moms, she bite me on my arm. I gotta tell you it hurt, my hand couldn't be

pulled right out, as there is a lot of branches and mantis in the way, so she had a good hold on me.

I put some ointment on it and a bandaid, cause the loose bbs in the room were trying to

land on it! That happened a couple of hours ago and it still hurts.... as I said in the beginning,

she's a beast... oh yea if that wasn't bad enough, after I took my arm out and inspected it, and

went back in to finish, another one about 5 to 6" from her nipped me too. What I was wondering is,

is it possible, (and more that likely it is) did her aggravation flow from one to the other? Did she signal

somehow to the others that I was a threat? What do you guys think?

Aw, poor thing. Yeah, maybe they did communicate to each other, "She's stealing our babies! Attack!" What's funny is you know there are a couple in there that do actually like you, and recognize that you feed them. They are probably hoping that Angry Edith and her protective "partner" Donna have not displeased you.

-Carol

 

[Dinora]

Wow! I never heard of a mantid biting a human and it doing any damage. And a ghost at that. Sorry to hear and see that. It must be because you're so sweet.

I second the motion!

If you were to start being a sour puss I bet they'd leave you alone!

Very sorry you were hurt, though. I'm curious to find out if they communicated with each other that you are a danger, too.

 

[nasty bugger]

Maybe it's the smell of something else you'd rubbed on you before putting your arm in, or maybe it's just pheromones.

Maybe the mom was just giving an martial arts class in mantis style kung fu and was demoing on your arm, and you put it back in so , next student...

You gotta distract them with some other stuff, or you'll soon be unarmed.

Some of my guys go loco when I spray/mist in their enclosure. They climb crazily up like 'I'm gonna kick ypur .... :angry: ' limbs just jerking all over trying to get up as fast as they can

Put an ad in the local adult fun paper under BDSM...You'lll be the only game in town to offer that particular service

 

[cloud jaguar]

Next time we feed my wife's Ghost nymphs we will keep one eye on those little chompers!

Lucky i have not been bitten by S. Limbatas - when those get REALLY angry they seem to spread open their mouth parts in a really unnatural looking way and it is bright blue in there! Ouch!

 

[Katnapper]

Egads!!! Now I'm afraid to go up and feed my little buggers! :huh: It's like a horror movie in my head! :lol:

 

[hibiscusmile]

:lol: you guys made me laugh,,, ha ha, they do have really ugly mouths when open and ready to bite something... I 'll have bad dreams tonight! It is not stinging anymore, but has a bump on it, and I noticed after showering that there seems to be 3 or 4 marks around it, I wonder whazs up with that!

 

[Katnapper]

:lol: you guys made me laugh,,, ha ha, they do have really ugly mouths when open and ready to bite something... I 'll have bad dreams tonight! It is not stinging anymore, but has a bump on it, and I noticed after showering that there seems to be 3 or 4 marks around it, I wonder whazs up with that!

Are you sure she's not a Paradoxa vampira?

 

[hibiscusmile]

Great, I get bit and no one around to suck out the poison! AaaaGGgggggg the lights are diming... :mellow:

 

[robelgado]

I have been "nibbled" and even stabbed before. Never a bite to draw blood though. I have had a few actually claw at me and draw blood.

 

[hibiscusmile]

I guess a lesson here would be, if they can eat mice and small birds and snakes, the human skin is easy to cut thru, I guess I need to get some long sleeves or long gloves! Now that I think about it, this is the second time I got bit this winter, the other was a bud but she didn't break the skin, which is funny if u think about it, they are bigger then the ghost!

 

[robelgado]

Very true, those youtube videos......INTENSE

 

[hibiscusmile]

update: this morning it is itching and has puss in it... yuck! ha that Yuck was for the faint at heart, I had kids, a little puss don't bother me...... passed out, just got up ////....sit eof puss made me faint :lol: ... I sure do have fun with myself dont' I? but really, had to squeeze it out cause I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

 

[Katnapper]

Better put some peroxide then some antibiotic ointment on that, Rebecca. Where a puss-sucker when you need one?! :lol: Ewww.... now I'm grossing myself out.

 

[hibiscusmile]

my arm seems to be getting longer, and has a funny tingling in it, also my eyebrows are mysteriously growing :mellow:

 

[hibiscusmile]

twitch, twitch...

 

[Andredesz]

twitch, twitch...

Now it's showing signs of infection. Wash the area, pat it dry, add a bit of antibiotic (neosporin) cream to the wound and cover the red area with a bandage. When you shower just reapply the cream and a fresh bandage. I know it's funny to joke around about it, but let's not forget that those tiny mantis mandibles have been retaining dead organic matter that has now been introduced to your system. Mantises do not carry venom, but they do eat flies and such, and they very seldom brush their mandibles. So take care of your wound as if it were a boo boo on your little one, because blood infections hurt, I should know! I've learned to baby myself as I do my daughter.

And if you start to grow antenna, see a doctor.



Carol