Wow this is Scary... Found this on Taiwanese Site .. Bug inside Mantis

[SilentDeviL]

http://www.im.tv/VLO...1434386/4345232

Some bug living inside the Mantis they put the Mantis in water to drown it , Due to they know this can scare the Bug in side Mantis to come out ( Not trying to Kill the Mantis) Anyways.... Enjoy..... Anyone knwo what Type Mantis is it? Big Good In size. love to have one lol ... but not the Worm in side it lol

 

[itzjustjeff]

Wow what kind of worm is that?

 

[SilentDeviL]

Wow what kind of worm is that?

Not Sure ... In Chinese is called metal-wire warm the warm is like 15 inch long.... and after it came out the Mantis belly was smaller.

 

[myzticalboi]

Wow that thing really came out of that mantis?! That is crazy. Forreals.

 

[patrickfraser]

It is very nice to see someone take the time to help a mantis survive. Those things must be pretty common, seeing as how they knew it was in there and how to get it out. I hope I never see one of those up close.

 

[Rick]

Horsehair worm.

 

[hibiscusmile]

yea, afraid of what it was, figured it was, knew Rick would know and did not lookie! smart me!

 

[Introvertebrate]

I can't imagine the mantis surviving after it had that huge thing in it.

 

[ismart]

Horsehair worm.

+1! This was discussed here before. A long time ago. Darn butt worms! inch:

 

[MantidLord]

I had one come out of a wild caught grasshopper I WAS going to feed to a mantis last month. Luckily it decided to burst out of the grasshopper on its own. Afterwards I "tested" all of my mantids and none of them seemed to have the parasitoid inside them.

 

[rs4guy]

Wow, where are those worms native to? Asia only? Do we have to worry about them around here?

 

[meaganelise9]

Ugh! That is scary..

 

[twolfe]

I was expecting this to be really gross, but it was interesting how they got the worm to come out.

 

[SilentDeviL]

I was expecting this to be really gross, but it was interesting how they got the worm to come out.

Ya when i saw the Video I was like @@" how that thing fit in there.....

 

[itzjustjeff]

picturing tapeworms... :no:

 

[agent A]

wow! interesting stuff

i hope the mantis was ok after the worm came out of it

did anyone else notice the tadpoles in the water?

 

[massaman]

the worm always kills the insect that it comes out of as it kind of zombifies the insect to fall into water so it can escape and once it escapes the host is dead!

http://www.ehow.com/info_8759889_fast-horse-hair-worms.html

 

[agent A]

Wow! I wonder how the mantis consumed the parasite, I guess it drank water with the larva in it

Pretty scary stuff

Next Halloween I'll show the video to my mantises for a good horror movie!!!!

 

[rs4guy]

The mantis looked fine after the worm left, yet the articles on the worm say they always kill the host upon exiting body.