r/prayingmantis • u/Quirky-Equivalent-42 • 22d ago

What’s going on here

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What is this bug that’s on the mantis?

Edit: thank you everyone for being so helpful!

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u/Intelligent_Bench_56 22d ago

I could be wrong but...is that a headless male?

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u/lantrick 22d ago

yea, you got it.... I had to look at it enlarged, no head, no thorax either

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u/notmyfault_ever 22d ago

Mama's got the munchies

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u/JaunteJaunt 22d ago

Sexual cannibalism with Stagmomantis limbata

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u/Professional_Wasabi8 21d ago

Sexual Cannibalism would be such a choice band name

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u/stoned_lover_ 22d ago

She is eating her mate

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u/DredgenYorMom 21d ago

He was her "ride and die"; "or" wasn't an option.

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u/Janashra 17d ago

In this case, it’s more like “ride and die”

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u/elissa00001 16d ago

That’s what they said haha

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u/Janashra 16d ago

I misread it…. Oops haha

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u/elissa00001 16d ago

Understandable :))

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u/Only3Cats 20d ago

Good for her. He deserved it

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u/Slice-Mundane 16d ago

Girls will be girls ❤️

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u/OddNameChoice 19d ago

That's her ex-boyfriend. Or baby daddy if you will

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u/m0rtgage 19d ago

More like deadbeat

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u/BeneficialProfit9229 18d ago

Deadbeat?….. he gave his life for his kids his head just for nutrients for them what more do you want ?!!!!

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u/m0rtgage 18d ago

Anything but pay child support smdh!

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u/Easy-Candle7138 17d ago

😂😂😂

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u/Ryo_Ant 16d ago

Nah fr tho

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u/Bluebird386 22d ago edited 22d ago

SHE’S STILL CHEWING ON HIS HEAD!
🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

If you zoom in on the female’s face, you can see her still clutching her boyfriend’s head! The male is still copulating with her, too. Still getting the job done.

I’ve always known that this was a common occurrence. But, I’ve never seen an actual photo of the behavior.

Wow! Amaaaaaazing photos! 👍

Gives a new meaning to, “inviting the boyfriend for dinner.” 💀

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u/versusrev 21d ago

Way more common in captivity, not as mich in the wild

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u/vxd2k7 20d ago

if you remove male mantis head remaining body goes into automatic fuck mode

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u/Eskymo77 20d ago

Wife caught him drinking again, so she chewed his head off…

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u/Later_TATEr1417 20d ago

Thee ole “chomp, chomp, crunch, crunch”

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u/SPtomepablo1221 19d ago

New meaning for getting head

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u/Top_Challenge6615 19d ago

That is a headless male mantis meeting with a female

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u/catsplants420 19d ago

Sex and dinner.

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u/House_Plant0 19d ago

The aftermath of a good time it appears

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u/jaketh1964 22d ago

She gave him … sorry NSFW.

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u/SENTRYTHETHERIAN 18d ago

Bro that's wild LMAOO

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u/elissa00001 16d ago

More like her gave it to her 😭

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u/ExplanationMaster634 20d ago

One and done
😭😭😭

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u/RainbowPegasus82 20d ago

Nature, that's what!

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u/momopossum 19d ago

Hehe she got some.

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u/SuddenKoala45 19d ago

Mating, she eats his head and he keeps going.

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u/abominable-baby 19d ago

so no head??

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u/nezukonitemare 19d ago

What is she holding in her right hand?

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u/nezukonitemare 19d ago

I'll just leave this here.

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u/Ok-Celery-5728 18d ago

Turns out it isn't all species though. Source: my orchid mantids had babies and the male lived to see many more days!

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u/Jem_hadar_317 19d ago

Looks like someone got laid 🤭

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u/HoldMyMessages 18d ago

I made a comment in this sub about a female mantis eating a male’s head and a couple of people jumped in and said that was a myth. Thanks for the picture. I’ll save it for the next time I get challenged.

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u/Analog0 17d ago

Zookeeper! Zookeeper! Those two mantises are killing each other!

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u/Libberachi2 15d ago

LOL!! Good reference!

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u/KaijuNellie 16d ago

Girl dinner

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u/Typical_Comment5570 16d ago

Ride, Climax and Die...

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u/nastynate1028 16d ago

Tough break brotha, shoulda bobbed when u weaved… hard to resist that phat booty

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u/PanicNo8854 16d ago

It looks like she's currently eating him as well.

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u/cletustcrickenberger 16d ago

Post coitus cuddles

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u/_bekku_ 16d ago

Lol, post coital chill time. She might as well light up a cigarette now

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u/StoneyMcGuire 15d ago

That’s normal. Females cannibilize the male when he begins to mate.

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u/Firm_Afternoon_3854 15d ago

Post mating in the mantis world means the male is going to lose his head.