Why the wiggle?

[Katnapper]

haha they're so cute when will they have their first shed?

(sorry if ive gone off the topic, delete my post if you like)

1 week or so.... when it's time,

 

[beckyl92]

1 week or so.... when it's time,

2 days to go

i just got a really good picture of one. ill upload it in a few mins.

 

[bassist]

As said by Darth they 'wiggle' to see.

 

[jameslongo]

As said by Darth they 'wiggle' to see.

We're talking about post-catching prey. It's a lil' bit of mimicry & a lil' bit of happy

 

[bassist]

We're talking about post-catching prey. It's a lil' bit of mimicry & a lil' bit of happy

I know but even then while eating they can't let their guard down (especially then LO) the movement allows them to mimic a stick/leaf whatever while allowing them to see how far things are away from them.

 

[jameslongo]

I know but even then while eating they can't let their guard down (especially then LO) the movement allows them to mimic a stick/leaf whatever while allowing them to see how far things are away from them.

I concur. However, and I say this hesitantly because my memory doesn't span long enough, I don't think their head & their arms sway in different patterns when they have caught their prey. I think they sway synchronistically, which would suggest the prey is already close enough for them to judge distance without the head tilts & they're just swaying for the alleged reasons above. But, like I said, I might be wrong.

 

[superfreak]

i think bassist means theyre judging distance of potential predators, not the already caught prey. it is possible that, as the capture of prey includes a fair bit of movement (mostly from the struggling victim ), it might be advantageous for mantids to have an increased awareness of their surroundings post prey capture - for what other time is a mantis most visible?!

 

[agent A]

you have not been doing this as long as you say have you

oh can you prove that? I started in 2006, and that's final!

 

[-MK-]

Oh, come on - I thought we'd buried the hatchet on this conflict. :huh:

 

[idolomantis]

My mantids kill their prey like that. They go for the heart or brain.

they just go for the first part that comes to the mouth, it could be a head, neck, belly or butt.

atleast mine do.

 

[bassist]

they just go for the first part that comes to the mouth, it could be a head, neck, belly or butt.atleast mine do.

Yes they go after any part that's closest I've had an Acromantis formosana adult female eat a wasp face first the only form of 'disabling prey' besides the raptoral arms I have witnessed is the devouring of legs on spiders most likely because the legs where closest to the mantis' jaws.

 

[jameslongo]

i think bassist means theyre judging distance of potential predators, not the already caught prey. it is possible that, as the capture of prey includes a fair bit of movement (mostly from the struggling victim ), it might be advantageous for mantids to have an increased awareness of their surroundings post prey capture - for what other time is a mantis most visible?!

And they're we have it: resolution. Thanks Olga How was drinks?

they just go for the first part that comes to the mouth, it could be a head, neck, belly or butt.atleast mine do.

It happens with mine as well. And I'm on the other side of the globe from you

 

[idolomantis]

there we go, mantids don't go to the neck or head, lions do.

 

[hibiscusmile]

So do human females.....

no, I am not having a bad day, why u ask

 

[ismart]

they just go for the first part that comes to the mouth, it could be a head, neck, belly or butt.atleast mine do.

+1

Some people like to believe mantids will emoblize there prey before consuming it. This is not true.

 

[superfreak]

And they're we have it: resolution. Thanks Olga How was drinks?

haha, im surprised that my comments were even vaguely intelligent at that point

 

[agent A]

well my mantids are wierd.

 

[idolomantis]

well my mantids are wierd.

No, you just saw it going for the neck or head all the time because that were the closest parts to the mouth.

 

[agent A]

No, you just saw it going for the neck or head all the time because that were the closest parts to the mouth.

or that is a possibility too.

 

[idolomantis]

or that is a possibility too.

that isn't a possibility that is what happened.