Shield mantis and one unlucky spider

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yen_saw

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As per above title.... one very unlucky spider walk past this shield mantis and the rest is history.

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My bugroom is infested with spiders now cos of all the loose flies. caught another one and the shield still go for it. well this species can never stop eating. S/he needs to go for all you can eat buffet :lol:

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I get a lot of spiders too. When I catch them I also feed them to mantids.

 
I had a spider somehow get into my PW cage, a small cockroach did too....neither lasted long.(I'm still looking for how they got in, couldn've been in the potted orchid, but I'm not sure)

 
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