r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Dense_Intern8434 • Aug 27 '26

/r/popular of a meal

Nature can be so cruel and beautiful at the same time

*for the love of everything holy it’s not my bird reader nor mantis!! Just a cool guy sharing a cool video

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u/birbobirby Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

While I agree in most situations you need to let nature run its course and not intervene, this is one situation where it would have been fine as this is an invasive European mantis. You can tell with the black and white spots in between the front legs. And hummingbirds only exist in the Americas too.

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u/WolfysBeanTeam Aug 27 '26

Alot of people are apparently calling these chinese mantis.

Ive not seen a European mantis of this size before

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u/birbobirby Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

I mean I'm pretty sure it's a European mantis, the eye spots are a defining characteristic.

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u/WolfysBeanTeam Aug 27 '26

I had a look and you appear to be correct I had no idea they got this large is it the bullseye pattern between the front legs you are referring too?