Tenodera cannibals

[TreetopMantid]

Today when I got home from school I was excited to see if any of my female tenodera's made another ooth. But instead I saw this

 

[Sticky]

So sad! Im sorry that happened!

 

[Ranitomeya]

Cannibalism is inevitable when you keep certain species in enclosed spaces.

You'll notice that they'll eat each other's heads off even if they're well-fed. It may be their way of decreasing the competition for prey items in their own territory.

 

[TreetopMantid]

They have been in the same cage for 3 weeks I don't know why they decided to be cannibalistic now :hang:

 

[Rick]

You cannot keep those together. I've come across female on female cannibalism in the wild a couple times. Once I found one that was caught and eaten by another female while she was laying an ooth.

 

[mantissean]

chinese mantises are not communal like most other species of mantises you have to have close supervision if you have 2 out but even with that that is a huge risk i wouldn't take.

 

[Mantis Man13]

Almost no mantises are not cannibalistic. Most mantis are not cannibals at early stages, but I wouldn't even take that chance. Mantises that are commutable include Ghost mantis, Giant African stick mantis, and a few more.

 

[Crazy4mantis]

Sorry about your mantis

+1

Although many mantids are rather tolerant of each other, there are no truly communal mantids; they are solitary animals. Every species has a risk of cannibalism. Tenoderas are a particularly aggressive and uncommunal species, who will attack anything in sight.