what's your favourite mantid???

[Mantida]

big mantids tend to grow complacent with the fact that they are bigger than anything else... and there is nothing spectacular in watching 10 cm long Tenodera handle 2 cm long cricket

Not really. There are bugs out there that are about the same size as adult tenoderas. Dragonflies are about the same size as my adult male and he jumps in the air to catch them.

 

[Mantis Keeper]

Not really. There are bugs out there that are about the same size as adult tenoderas. Dragonflies are about the same size as my adult male and he jumps in the air to catch them.

He jumps for them?! Now that sounds like something I want to try.

 

[Kruszakus]

Yeah, because that is a flying insect - their movements trigger a reaction that results in mantid's brutal attack - but they do not seem so eager when it comes to hunting a cricket or a roach.

 

[ThorEH]

Man! What the hech is that! That looks cool, but I still like the ghost

Thats a Ghost mantis

 

[Mantida]

He jumps for them?! Now that sounds like something I want to try.

http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x25/her...current=023.flv

Unfortunately there are no more dragonflies for me to record for him actually jumping in the air. But he does jump in the air and to the ground when he sees prey.

 

[king_frog]

Sounds like a pretty active mantid then.

 

[Mantis Keeper]

That looks so cool, I would love to have my mantids do that.

 

[Schloaty]

I like anything big & hungry.

I've seen my female chinese mantis jump to the ground to get a cricket.