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WHat is the largest and sturdiest PM that there is?

How do you think it would cope with a centipede?

Steve

 
largest and sturdiest? hmm, not sure...i'll leave that one up to the mantis specialists here. hierodula and tenodera tend to be pretty hefty and burly. didn't the mantis documentary that the discovery channel did also use hierodula for the mouse/snake/hummingbird footage?

hmm, against the largest centipede, i think the centipede would unfortunately win most of the time. it's so long and each segment has strong legs and it could use that to move the mantis around even if the mantis has the centipede in its grip. i think the only way a mantis would win is if:

1. the mantis grabs the centipede close to the head...that way, the centipede won't be able to wrap its head for a poisonous bite. on the otherhand, i was also surprised that the 9 inch corn snake in that mantis documentary wasn't able to bite the mantis?!! i'm sure a giant centipede would be to though with no problem. :(

2. the mantis makes repeated lunge attacks and backs off. the mantis is physically more capable of doing this than a centipede.

unfortunately, i don't think any mantis is SMART enough to do either #1 or #2, so it's entirely up to chance for #1 or #2 to happen.

that's my guess. haha i love these speculative animal duels.

great white shark vs. saltwater crocodile?

 
largest and sturdiest? hmm' date=' not sure...i'll leave that one up to the mantis specialists here. hierodula and tenodera tend to be pretty hefty and burly. didn't the mantis documentary that the discovery channel did also use hierodula for the mouse/snake/hummingbird footage?quote']

No that was Sphodromantis which I think is even more aggressive than hierodula.
 
i was just doing a google search for "largest mantis" and some sites are saying Ischnomantis gigas. anyone got a picture of one?

i've always thought this dude was the largest (but it's not stout and burly like a sphodromantis):

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i was just doing a google search for "largest mantis" and some sites are saying Ischnomantis gigas. anyone got a picture of one?i've always thought this dude was the largest (but it's not stout and burly like a sphodromantis):

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Jeez, what on earth is that!

Anyway, I agree, I think the Centipede would beat any Mantis, even if the Mantis was hanging from above, and grabbed it, I think it would likely let go, and the Cetipide woud escape.

If they were kept in the same tank however, I think the Pede, which can climb glass, would win by ambushing the Mantis.

Re the earlier mentioned Assasin Bugs, I am told that they are able to emit a smell that repels potential predators, as well as having a very nasy bite.

 
largest and sturdiest? hmm, not sure...i'll leave that one up to the mantis specialists here. hierodula and tenodera tend to be pretty hefty and burly. didn't the mantis documentary that the discovery channel did also use hierodula for the mouse/snake/hummingbird footage?hmm, against the largest centipede, i think the centipede would unfortunately win most of the time. it's so long and each segment has strong legs and it could use that to move the mantis around even if the mantis has the centipede in its grip. i think the only way a mantis would win is if:

1. the mantis grabs the centipede close to the head...that way, the centipede won't be able to wrap its head for a poisonous bite. on the otherhand, i was also surprised that the 9 inch corn snake in that mantis documentary wasn't able to bite the mantis?!! i'm sure a giant centipede would be to though with no problem. :(

2. the mantis makes repeated lunge attacks and backs off. the mantis is physically more capable of doing this than a centipede.

unfortunately, i don't think any mantis is SMART enough to do either #1 or #2, so it's entirely up to chance for #1 or #2 to happen.

that's my guess. haha i love these speculative animal duels.

great white shark vs. saltwater crocodile?
Great White would snap it in two, game over.

 
Its a toxodera, which is a rather nice mantis and has only been kept in captivity a few times, as far as im aware; unsucessfully.

 
I bet shedding would be one of the biggest problems for it, I have also found this with Dead Leaf types, and Twig Mantids, etc...

 

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