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Tenodera Sinensis "playing dead"?
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<blockquote data-quote="minomantis" data-source="post: 292492" data-attributes="member: 6680"><p>That is one of their defense mechanisms. If they did that on the ground with sticks, grass, and dead leaves I'm almost certain you wouldn't find it. Lol. </p><p></p><p>When Chinese mantids are about L5 and younger they tend to be very skittish and startle quite easily. The next level of that defense mechanism is to frantically move to another place and stay still if being pursued. It's quite a fascinating behavior and sucks that the mantis has to be stressed to see it.</p><p></p><p>when mine would do that, I would just blow lightly on them and try to pick them up. Mantids feel more comfortable when things around them are moving before they move, (that's why they move in the wind) takes the attention off of them when something else is moving. Hope this helped! Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="minomantis, post: 292492, member: 6680"] That is one of their defense mechanisms. If they did that on the ground with sticks, grass, and dead leaves I'm almost certain you wouldn't find it. Lol. When Chinese mantids are about L5 and younger they tend to be very skittish and startle quite easily. The next level of that defense mechanism is to frantically move to another place and stay still if being pursued. It's quite a fascinating behavior and sucks that the mantis has to be stressed to see it. when mine would do that, I would just blow lightly on them and try to pick them up. Mantids feel more comfortable when things around them are moving before they move, (that's why they move in the wind) takes the attention off of them when something else is moving. Hope this helped! Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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