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Who says Bees/wasps are dangerous?
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<blockquote data-quote="nympho" data-source="post: 14691" data-attributes="member: 272"><p>not sure if this is relevant but its worth mentioning here. be warned</p><p></p><p>i once bought a beautiful adult budwing mantis and was stupid enough to feed it a big adult house spider.</p><p></p><p>the spider sunk its fangs into one of its front legs, paralizing that arm so it was limp and useless.</p><p></p><p>saying that, i have fed mantises SMALL spiders which they deal with no problem ! they seem aware of the fangs and nibble them more carefully than normal prey :wink:</p><p></p><p>i would never feed a mantis a big spider again though, they have evolved to bite insects after all! Bees and wasps on the other hand, have evolved more to sting big 'soft' vertibrates that attack their nests and probably find the exoskeleton of the mantis hard to sting though. Mantises would be feeding on bees and wasps commonly in the wild and the way the mantis holds its victim up and away from its body is quite good defense against getting stung - there isnt alot of soft vulnerable bits the wasp can sting; the exoskeleton on the front legs and head is tough to penetrate even if they can get the angle to curve round to sting whilst being held in the way mantises usually grab things. Most of the time its stinging 'air'.</p><p></p><p>But theres always the possibility and im sure they do get stung sometimes.</p><p></p><p>is it worth the risk to your mantis?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nympho, post: 14691, member: 272"] not sure if this is relevant but its worth mentioning here. be warned i once bought a beautiful adult budwing mantis and was stupid enough to feed it a big adult house spider. the spider sunk its fangs into one of its front legs, paralizing that arm so it was limp and useless. saying that, i have fed mantises SMALL spiders which they deal with no problem ! they seem aware of the fangs and nibble them more carefully than normal prey :wink: i would never feed a mantis a big spider again though, they have evolved to bite insects after all! Bees and wasps on the other hand, have evolved more to sting big 'soft' vertibrates that attack their nests and probably find the exoskeleton of the mantis hard to sting though. Mantises would be feeding on bees and wasps commonly in the wild and the way the mantis holds its victim up and away from its body is quite good defense against getting stung - there isnt alot of soft vulnerable bits the wasp can sting; the exoskeleton on the front legs and head is tough to penetrate even if they can get the angle to curve round to sting whilst being held in the way mantises usually grab things. Most of the time its stinging 'air'. But theres always the possibility and im sure they do get stung sometimes. is it worth the risk to your mantis? [/QUOTE]
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