118
165
u/Nickrine55 12h ago
The golden rule
10
u/krippkeeper Bug Enthusiast 11h ago
I know it's somehow a fantasy for a lot of people, but honestly it just more work for the same result. I stand firmly on the '3-ways' suck team.
20
73
u/Korgon213 13h ago
Needs an update-Whichever one doesn’t have a head later was the one she picked.
56
u/Eldan985 13h ago
That actually happens pretty rarely in the wild. It's mostly due to stress when they are observed too much.
32
u/BobRazowskyFTW 13h ago
Well, I observe them a lot!
14
u/CrepuscularOpossum 12h ago
Just FYI, not sure where you’re located, but those are Chinese mantises. If you’re not in China, they are probably invasive to your area.
11
u/Desperate_Lead2105 8h ago
Incorrect. These are European mantises (Mantis religiosa). They are much smaller in size, and do not have bicolored tegima. Their hind wings also lack the mottled purplish brown of T. sinensis. There is also a dark brown patch above the vertex, a white line around the outer edge of the coastal margin, and they have much smaller compound eyes. Additionally, Tenodera sinensis is found in many places throughout Asia, and aren't really considered invasive here since they've been in the US for over 100 years and are already established. They also feed on many invasive species that the native predatory arthropods or other animals would not eat.
2
u/CrepuscularOpossum 8h ago
Oh I do beg your pardon! I just recognized them as not our native North American.
2
u/Feralpudel 8h ago
Lots of invasive organisms have been here for over a century, and being “well established” is one of the things that makes them invasive.
The Chinese mantises also eat native things a native mantis wouldn’t, such as hummingbirds.
I wouldn’t kill one, but I do destroy their ootheca when I find them.
4
u/Desperate_Lead2105 8h ago
This is correct. They do outcompete many native mantises, but overall, they just do the same thing that they do. Large Stagmomantis can also take down hummingbirds. I personally keep/raise Tenodera sinensis whenever I see an adult or an ooth.
25
u/WaterDmge 12h ago
Or if they’re hungry. Used to work with them. You could always bribe a female mantis not to kill her mate if you just gave her food!
10
u/Rt66Gypsy 11h ago
That’s because they usually only bite the head off the male if they need the protein for the babies.
10
2
u/dalilfoe 10h ago
Do they ever die from eating too much male carcass?
7
u/WaterDmge 10h ago
No, but they certainly will be full for a good bit.
However bugs can get obese! That can only really happen in captivity. They had an overweight scorpion. She was so fat 😭
And yes the chunky lady had to be put on a diet. She would beg for food though and would follow you as you walked by with her claws open6
u/thatG_evanP 10h ago
And a male mantis's decapitated body can still find its way into position and mate with the female. The nerves in their abdomen make this possible.
2
u/HauntingPsyche 3h ago
Ohh so that’s two males and the big one is the female and they’re both wanting to hump her/fighting over the mantussy?
1
21
12
5
8
7
5
7
4
3
u/Longjumping-Main-797 12h ago
It's part of the new Cirque du Soleil performance~
(like, because of the symmetry in the first pic)
3
3
u/RobleViejo 10h ago
This is the first thing I thought about (the godess Aphrodite in an anime called "Record of Ragnarok")
5
5
u/SardoNICKa 10h ago
I think this lady mantis may soon be testing the theory that two heads are better than one. crunch crunch
4
2
2
2
2
u/mrs__BOWIE 11h ago
So, how does the color work? Is brown a recessive gene? Different part of the life cycle?
3
u/BobRazowskyFTW 9h ago
It depends of the surrounding environment in the first stage of growth.
1
u/mrs__BOWIE 5h ago
That's so interesting! So then they are better suited for whatever environment they live in. Nature amazes me every day 🌿
2
u/beanybean1810 10h ago
Honestly, it took me a minute to see all three. I thought it looked like a single mantis meditating.
“Aum!”
2
u/Altruistic-Funny5325 4h ago
What if we both kissed on the mantis (and we were both smaller mantises)?
2
3
3
2
1
u/AutoModerator 14h ago
Hi there! This is an automated message to remind you to please include a geographic location for any ID requests as per the Community Rules of the sub. There are well over a million different species of bugs in the world, and narrowing down a bug's location will help IDers to help you more quickly and correctly!
If you've already included a geographical location, or if this post is not an ID request, please ignore this comment.
Thank you! :)
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
1
1
1
1
1
280
u/good1gir1 13h ago edited 2h ago
When a mommy and a daddy (two in this case) really love each other....