Where there's a will....

[ismart]

Well done, Phil. I'm glad you kept your composure & thought it through. Can't say the same for the male because he didn't have a head Ah, the power of instinct.Now, strictly speaking it was not you that guided the male's abdomen to the female's but your faithful paintbrush. Careful it doesn't soak up all the limelight.

Buzz: Phil Rayner was the real hero here. He mated the decapitated male using this.

Man 1: Hey, what is that?

Man 2: It's an inanimate paintbrush!

Everyone: Yay!

[Time magazine cover: "In Paintbrush We Trust"]

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Phil may be onto something here. Phil, have you ever tried to tickle the males hyney with the painbrush while having his head still attached? Maybe the paintbrush will help to initiate copulation. A little mantis foreplay! :lol:

 

[Katnapper]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Phil may be onto something here. Phil, have you ever tried to tickle the males hyney with the painbrush while having his head still attached? Maybe the paintbrush will help to initiate copulation. A little mantis foreplay! :lol:

So Paul, do you always speak from experience too?

Gotcha....hehe....

 

[ismart]

So Paul, do you always speak from experience too?

Gotcha....hehe....

Yep! :lol: :lol:

 

[massaman]

i think i got the article and posted the link but it said the european (religiosa) mantis i think is the one that can only mate with his head removed!

 

[Ntsees]

i think i got the article and posted the link but it said the european (religiosa) mantis i think is the one that can only mate with his head removed!

Really!? I guess this is easier than I thought. Without having to do any experiment, I've (and I'm sure many others as well) already proven that wrong years and years ago with my attempts. Those matings were a success and the male always escaped with his head. Also, I've seen it in the wild. Not only that, the oothecaes were fertile and many young hatched. But unfortunately, like how it was mentioned in this forum how Europeans are hard to bring up, the many many instars died young.

 

[hibiscusmile]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Phil may be onto something here. Phil, have you ever tried to tickle the males hyney with the painbrush while having his head still attached? Maybe the paintbrush will help to initiate copulation. A little mantis foreplay! :lol:

as our faithful Mrs Doubtfire would say "HOLD ON EFFIE!" :lol: