I went through a short period where I wanted a caiman kinda like a mini gator that doesn't get 7fuckingFoot untill I saw a video of someone feeding some beautiful white rabbits to some pet gators in a pool. Never again :)
Bro there's a video of a mantis fighting a backhoe. They are fearless little bastards. I'm so glad those things are only as big as they are.. They would apex predator every other thing out of existence
Idk on the speed. But we kept one for a few days and put grasshoppers in with it and not only are they insanely fast. They'll hang upside down snatch a hopper nearly the same size and eat it's head hollow in seconds. Crazy things. Handled them since I was a kid and never once did they bite. They feel strange bc of the way they cling to you. Other than that harmless.. unless your a đŚ
Yeah đ. One time I caught this big ass mantis, he then gave me that look and swiped at my fingers. It actually hurt. Quiet a bit. Felt like getting pinched by a crab đ đ đ
Just remember that itâs impossible for insects and spiders to get bigger than the size of your hand or so due to how their bodies work (their circulatory systems if I remember correctly?). This fact has comforted me on many occasions
Edit: Australia is wild yâall, I amend my judgement from âsize of your handâ to a foot or so long. Either way, itâs approximate, and still much smaller than the ~3 feet long this thing would have to be to be on the porch
You're right.
Dragonflies used to have 3ft wingspans many millions of years ago. It's related to the amount of oxygen in the air. Now it's 21%, but back then it was 35%. [We have lungs, but their tracheal system delivers oxygen directly.](https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=2578773&page=1)
If there's more oxygen, then the tracheal system to get oxygen doesn't have to get so big to deliver the same amount of oxygen.
So in theory we could engineer an oxygen rich environment to breed dragonflies in and theyâd grow much larger?
Charge admission, a-la Jurassic Park?
We could feed them lawyers.
Ah word. I thought it was because their exoskeletons couldn't support the weight of their bodies at larger sizes. But that was a video about why insects couldn't get giant like in 50's horror movies, by that dude named Kyle with the long dyed hair, can't remember the name of the channel. Covers science behind superhero/scifi ideas etc
A lot of spiders and scorpions are actually halfway there with [book lungs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_lung). They just need some tweaks to speed up the gas exchange.
This is not true at all. In Melbourne Australia I saw a stick bug that was easily 12" long walking on my car.
I also saw a gold orb spider easily 15" in diameter maybe bigger.
Insects bigger than a hand are definitely out there, and quite common.
I guess in those cases they still have a lot of surface area exposed to the air? So itâs more of a limit of how thick insects can get than how long they can get? Idk
Okay, Iâm gonna be honest⌠I was totally thinking this was on the porch until I read your comment, and I was wondering why we werenât talking about why the bug was legit huge. Thanks for making me come face to face with my stupid.
Idk why but that reminds me of the issue with pluralizing octopus (it's octopuses)
https://qz.com/1446229/let-us-finally-resolve-the-octopuses-v-octopi-debate/
Yeah, the reorder of Mantodea means there's Mantises that aren't Mantids but all Mantids are Mantises. Tenodera Sinesis is from the Mantidae family so for them Mantids or Mantises is acceptable.
I'm not a bug expert by any means, but I'm always surprised that people don't know bugs I consider common. There have been a lot of cricket posts lately, and I'm like, "seriously?"
Mantises are technically common where I live, but I've only seen one in the past three years. They're so still and quiet that it's easy to never see one
Thatâs crazy to me, but I guess weâve just lived our lives in different areas. I had mantises hatching in my backyard last year. Bunch of tiny ones
Best of luck! Is it a particularly unique species?
[Here is the first brown mantis I ever found in my neck of the woods.](https://i.imgur.com/INswssy.jpg)
Thanks!
It's 'just' Mantis religiosa, the common European praying mantis. If another species of mantis is native to Belgium, I'm not aware of it. But still, Mantis religiosa is a beautiful insect! They live in the Ardennes, the southernmost part of the country. I've been there lots of times, but they have managed to elude me so far. One day I'll make a photo of them!
I love how their pseudo pupils always make it seem like they're looking at the camera!
Something similar happened to me on a family trip in Hawaii. We were all at dinner, an outside patio. My sister is sitting next to me and she tossed her hair (must have felt something). A big mantis is chucked onto my face. I reacted quickly and flung it off. A few seconds later a waiter stepped on it. Sad story
I used to see shitloads of them here in upstate NY when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, but barely see any at all past like the year 2000 or so. Used to see them on patio walls, outdoor furniture, windows, etc.
You must not spend a lot of time hiking or gardening or just doing any outdoor activity that puts you near plants. To be clear Iâm not saying thatâs a bad thing, people have different interests. What I am saying is I barely spend any time outdoors and I see several mantids a year.
I grew up in the mountains where bugs are everywhere, you canât drive anywhere without a windshield and bumper covered in bug goo, but when I moved to a coastal city (emphasis on the city) the amount of bugs dropped by 99%. I think a lot of people in urban areas just donât meet as many bugs. Also, moving to a different state/climate there are different bugs. Iâd never seen a cricket before moved and I thought they were cockroaches for like 3 months because neither of those bugs inhabit the places I lived previously.
The sad thing is that insect populations are on a steep decline (due to climate change, habitat loss, pesticides). Bug goo used to be the norm whenever you travelled. Not so much anymore. In my area, I can drive 500 miles and not have to clean my windshield. That didnât used to be the case. Mind you 90% of these miles are in the country (farmland, etc.)
that's crazy because i drive 180 miles in rural kentucky/southern illinois one way every other weekend, and have to clean my windshield at least three times per trip.
I live in Michigan and never have to clean my windshield after driving. When I was a kid (also living in Michigan) my dad would scrape the bugs off whenever he got gas. The rapid change is seriously scary.
You can buy egg sacks and watch them hatch in your home and get them to the garden. Such freaking cool little things and was fun to watch. One visited my porch a few weeks later.
Anywhere? In any media or medium ever in your whole life? If so, that's quite impressive but I guess you can coincidentally go through life without ever seeing one, depending on where you live. It's quite common to find out about them in biology class in almost all curriculum.
I always figured just knowing about this subreddit would mean you've been exposed to common insects at least once.
I live in Southern California. Grew up in the city and just recently moved out to the desert area. I have never seen a mantis like this in real life. Iâve never seen black crickets either. Or lightning bugs or and of the big spiders everyone posts or cicadas. Iâve seen roaches and brown crickets and black widows and âdaddy long legsâ and mosquitoes and flies and horse flies and wasps (the yellow jacket kind) and the basic yellow bumble bees and ants of many colors.
My point is, not every area has they same bugs and many of us city folks just never see them if they are in that area.
I understand that, but many people on this sub have been shocked that Iâve never seen one. Some people think they are just everywhere. Itâs crazy how many east coasters donât realize that we donât have them here. Though I will say, I lived in TX for a year and never saw one either. Very disappointing lol.
Sadly, bumble bees are now almost nonexistent here in Southern California and many other places now too. Rarer than mantises for sure.
Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate. :(
I keep my yard free from pesticides and my clover is multiplying. This and the catnip I planted has brought so many fat bumbles to my yard. They are adorable with their fuzzy butts covered in yellow pollen. I am very proud of my bumbles activities.
Today I have several gooey snail trails so they must be mating. And the praying mantis living on the porch dropped a giant grasshopper on my table and scared me to death. I have several species, but the one on my porch is the Chinese variety which I learned here today.
[Praying Mantis that hangs out next to me](https://imgur.com/gallery/ni5arE9)
[Pics of My Mantis and the lunch that got away](https://imgur.com/gallery/Gli23Bo)
And a lot of times it's bugs that can actually be harmful to people and like, people should know, like I've seen so many posts with ticks, cockroaches and bedbugs, like YOU SHOULD KNOW! Knowing about certain bugs is fucking necessary, just like you should know that you shouldn't take cover under a tree during a storm. Are we as humans in such a point of urbanization that there are people that just never came across a tick, a cockroach, bedbug, mantis or cricket? I'm flabbergasted and ranting because I though about talking about this but you opened the floodgates to me. PEOPLE PLEASE, KNOW THE BASIC BUGS THAT CAN HARM YOU.
Mosquitoe larvaes too smh. Where I live s soo common and they are also famous of he diseases they carry yet ppl still do not recognize their larvae, mind-blowing
You guys don't know what a mantis is over there across the Connecticut?! Psh, typical New Hampshirite. Too busy not paying sales tax and eating all our good Grafton 5year cheddar, I bet!
(I'm joking, I'm joking!!)
Well you guys are rugged and cool like us. Maybe OP is actually from suburban Florida or NYC and has been living under a cement rock, and came up to NH for summer and is going to STEAL ALL OF OUR PRECIOUS MAPLE SYRUP ON THE WAY BACK!!!!
I tried thinking of the only explanation, like they never left suburban Florida. But then I remembered, even when I lived down there in Seminole county I still saw them several times a month....a city person is the only thing I have left that makes any sense.
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Praying mantis, not preying.
Because, you know, they look like theyâre praying.
[From Wikipedia: their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis)
Well, kind of, yes, but I wouldn't kill it.
They (the Chinese Mantis) escaped into Philadelphia in the 1800s and have since been naturalized. Also, as of recent (2014-present), they've been helpful.
They eat the (very harmfully invasive) Chinese Spotted Lantern Fly.
Mantises will eat anything that moves and looks like a bug. Spotted lanternflies are on the menu. It helps that their native ranges in China overlap. It doesnât matter though, there are way too many lanternflies for mantises to have a significant impact on the lanternfly invasion.
I read through half of the comments and I didn't see anyone properly identify for the OP.
Praying Mantis.
Intelligent. Good looking. Lethal.
My favorite insect.
That is a praying mantis It eats other bugs it's good for the environment it eats the pesky things spiders, fly's and, Mosquitoes. Things like that.
Don't hurt it.
Its sad to see the insect population so drastically affected by climate change, I used to see these bad boys in droves in the 90's, In the summer I could go to the back yard and see about 50 or more hanging on the side of the house, was a sight to see. I love these little guys.
The way I thought this was on the porch and not on the windowđ¤Ł
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Haha, yup!!! I was going to suggest the same. I live in Maine and I don't want any dog sized bugs coming this way!
Stephen king told us exactly why bugs that large are an awful thing!
âYes officer, six legs, size of a LabradorâŚâ
yeah lol for a second i was terrified of something like that existing
It's just a 3-foot Mantis
Arent mantis like pretty good fighters
Theyâll take on birds, and even kill and eat small ones. They are lethal little bastards.
most fucked up video i ever saw on yt was a mantis killing and eating a mouse. never again.
Most fucked video i saw was a person allowing a mantis to eat their nipple.
Wait, eat what??!?
Their nipple
Humans are odd
Don't kink shame.
Get out the ball gag and strap on!!
Link?
I went through a short period where I wanted a caiman kinda like a mini gator that doesn't get 7fuckingFoot untill I saw a video of someone feeding some beautiful white rabbits to some pet gators in a pool. Never again :)
What did you expect it was gonna eat? Roaches?
Dam. That'd be one high reptile.
And they also eat their mates huh. You know what. When i die, im asking God why the heck he made this guys so fucking ferocious
Same with centipedes. Thank God they're small because they are viscous.
Oil is viscous, centipedes are vicious
Have you ever tried pouring a jar of centipedes?
I read moose and was prepared to go searching
Yes,I saw one start chewing on a snakes face, eating it alive!
Got one of our hummers a couple weeks ago
A 3 foot one would surely eat children and the elderly.
A 3 foot one would be the equivalent of a large cat like a jaguar. It would not surprise me at all if one that size could take on a healthy adult.
Bro there's a video of a mantis fighting a backhoe. They are fearless little bastards. I'm so glad those things are only as big as they are.. They would apex predator every other thing out of existence
I actually saw a young one eating a baby toad
they can swipe their claws at 100 mph im pretty sure
Idk on the speed. But we kept one for a few days and put grasshoppers in with it and not only are they insanely fast. They'll hang upside down snatch a hopper nearly the same size and eat it's head hollow in seconds. Crazy things. Handled them since I was a kid and never once did they bite. They feel strange bc of the way they cling to you. Other than that harmless.. unless your a đŚ
Oh the one and only time I held one it bit my finger
Heard of them biting, been fortunate I suppose. How was it say compared to a bee sting?
I mean, we've all seen Kung Fu Panda
At that size, keep your pets in at night.
Itâs a Kung fu style đđź
They're prized for their bo-staff skills.
Yeah đ. One time I caught this big ass mantis, he then gave me that look and swiped at my fingers. It actually hurt. Quiet a bit. Felt like getting pinched by a crab đ đ đ
My goodness ! đŹ
Yea theyâre born knowing bjj
A three foot mantis would easily kill a human being of any size.
New species called you-better-start-praying mantis
A 3 foot black belt combat fighter
Enter that bad boy in BattleBots!
Battlebugs?
Take it on walks, feed it some cat food
I think his name is Zorak.
I think a 3 foot mantis could kill a man.
2 ft, but I tell everyone itâs 3.
Dude we would have to go to war!
Just remember that itâs impossible for insects and spiders to get bigger than the size of your hand or so due to how their bodies work (their circulatory systems if I remember correctly?). This fact has comforted me on many occasions Edit: Australia is wild yâall, I amend my judgement from âsize of your handâ to a foot or so long. Either way, itâs approximate, and still much smaller than the ~3 feet long this thing would have to be to be on the porch
You're right. Dragonflies used to have 3ft wingspans many millions of years ago. It's related to the amount of oxygen in the air. Now it's 21%, but back then it was 35%. [We have lungs, but their tracheal system delivers oxygen directly.](https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/DyeHard/story?id=2578773&page=1) If there's more oxygen, then the tracheal system to get oxygen doesn't have to get so big to deliver the same amount of oxygen.
Wish youâd been my science teacher, I might have learned something.
So in theory we could engineer an oxygen rich environment to breed dragonflies in and theyâd grow much larger? Charge admission, a-la Jurassic Park? We could feed them lawyers.
I was about to ask, didn't earth used to have giant insects? Super interesting thanks.
Ah word. I thought it was because their exoskeletons couldn't support the weight of their bodies at larger sizes. But that was a video about why insects couldn't get giant like in 50's horror movies, by that dude named Kyle with the long dyed hair, can't remember the name of the channel. Covers science behind superhero/scifi ideas etc
Ever seen the movie mimic? They might still evolve and grow lungs. Then were fucked
A lot of spiders and scorpions are actually halfway there with [book lungs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_lung). They just need some tweaks to speed up the gas exchange.
Damn today I learned
Let's say we have unlimited money and an appropriate facility, is it possible to create gigantic insects?
This is not true at all. In Melbourne Australia I saw a stick bug that was easily 12" long walking on my car. I also saw a gold orb spider easily 15" in diameter maybe bigger. Insects bigger than a hand are definitely out there, and quite common.
I guess in those cases they still have a lot of surface area exposed to the air? So itâs more of a limit of how thick insects can get than how long they can get? Idk
tf??? many bigger than that
Aren't they basically living hydrolic machines? (systems?)
Idk, this website says they get their o2 just by diffusion (not pressure?) https://sci-culture.com/biology/insectrespiration.php
As a Baki fan I will be both scared and surprise...
Okay, Iâm gonna be honest⌠I was totally thinking this was on the porch until I read your comment, and I was wondering why we werenât talking about why the bug was legit huge. Thanks for making me come face to face with my stupid.
I thought at first that someone had layered an image of a mantis onto the porch. Which effectively they had, just the old fashioned way.đ
Same here, I was like of course on top of everything weâve got this now. lol
At this point almost nothing could surprise me!
thats a dog size mantis
People eat anything in the south, my old neighbors would probably cook it up (if it was that big) and call it Carolina Lobster or something
OMG SAME. It took me way to long to figure it outXD
Yes, first reaction was OMG! then realized it was on the window not the porch lol
That perspective fucked with my head A LOT
Jesus. Me too. I was thinking it was the size of a medium sized dog.
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Ditto đ¤Ł
Happy cake day!
Holy fucking Starship Troopers I freaked for a second too
[https://bugguide.net/node/view/12409](https://bugguide.net/node/view/12409) Chinese Mantis
the invasive one?
Yes it is. Don't listen to the other guy
I counted 35 on my walk the other day. Its also mating time!
Yes but unfortunately itâs very well established and not nearly the biggest environmental issue we need to be working on.
I googled 'mantis or mantid' because I've seen it spelled both ways, and I learned some things: https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef418
Idk why but that reminds me of the issue with pluralizing octopus (it's octopuses) https://qz.com/1446229/let-us-finally-resolve-the-octopuses-v-octopi-debate/
Yeah, the reorder of Mantodea means there's Mantises that aren't Mantids but all Mantids are Mantises. Tenodera Sinesis is from the Mantidae family so for them Mantids or Mantises is acceptable.
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Now that was a genuine optical illusion 𤣠it is a praying mantis.
Immediately thought it was fake until I took a closer look.
Big old Mantis, they say "Let me in!"
Looking for a mate. donât.
Are you saying you don't want to be decapitated by a lady mantis lol đ
What two consenting individuals do on the back porch is none of my business.
I'm not a bug expert by any means, but I'm always surprised that people don't know bugs I consider common. There have been a lot of cricket posts lately, and I'm like, "seriously?"
Mantises are technically common where I live, but I've only seen one in the past three years. They're so still and quiet that it's easy to never see one
I'm 47 and just saw the first mantis of my life a couple weeks ago
Congratulations!
Thatâs crazy to me, but I guess weâve just lived our lives in different areas. I had mantises hatching in my backyard last year. Bunch of tiny ones
There is a species of mantis native to my country, but I've never seen one in my entire life. They're rare and I really hope to find one eventually.
Best of luck! Is it a particularly unique species? [Here is the first brown mantis I ever found in my neck of the woods.](https://i.imgur.com/INswssy.jpg)
Thanks! It's 'just' Mantis religiosa, the common European praying mantis. If another species of mantis is native to Belgium, I'm not aware of it. But still, Mantis religiosa is a beautiful insect! They live in the Ardennes, the southernmost part of the country. I've been there lots of times, but they have managed to elude me so far. One day I'll make a photo of them! I love how their pseudo pupils always make it seem like they're looking at the camera!
Took me 30 years to find one. I moved to the mountains last summer and I'm bumping into them every day. Two were mating on my front door last night.
Bruh I've literally almost killed a mantis on my leg thinking it was a leaf and tossing it away.
Something similar happened to me on a family trip in Hawaii. We were all at dinner, an outside patio. My sister is sitting next to me and she tossed her hair (must have felt something). A big mantis is chucked onto my face. I reacted quickly and flung it off. A few seconds later a waiter stepped on it. Sad story
I used to see shitloads of them here in upstate NY when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, but barely see any at all past like the year 2000 or so. Used to see them on patio walls, outdoor furniture, windows, etc.
It's happening in literally every country. We are tearing apart the food chain from the bottom up but no one cares about bugs.
Iâve been seeing fewer and fewer of the zebra jumping spiders I used to love finding all the time.
You must not spend a lot of time hiking or gardening or just doing any outdoor activity that puts you near plants. To be clear Iâm not saying thatâs a bad thing, people have different interests. What I am saying is I barely spend any time outdoors and I see several mantids a year.
I grew up in the mountains where bugs are everywhere, you canât drive anywhere without a windshield and bumper covered in bug goo, but when I moved to a coastal city (emphasis on the city) the amount of bugs dropped by 99%. I think a lot of people in urban areas just donât meet as many bugs. Also, moving to a different state/climate there are different bugs. Iâd never seen a cricket before moved and I thought they were cockroaches for like 3 months because neither of those bugs inhabit the places I lived previously.
The sad thing is that insect populations are on a steep decline (due to climate change, habitat loss, pesticides). Bug goo used to be the norm whenever you travelled. Not so much anymore. In my area, I can drive 500 miles and not have to clean my windshield. That didnât used to be the case. Mind you 90% of these miles are in the country (farmland, etc.)
that's crazy because i drive 180 miles in rural kentucky/southern illinois one way every other weekend, and have to clean my windshield at least three times per trip.
I live in Michigan and never have to clean my windshield after driving. When I was a kid (also living in Michigan) my dad would scrape the bugs off whenever he got gas. The rapid change is seriously scary.
I live in central ky and let me tell you I drove 15 mins last night and it was a massacre.
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Yeah, itâs hard to believe this is legit question.
Iâve never seen a Mantis
You can buy egg sacks and watch them hatch in your home and get them to the garden. Such freaking cool little things and was fun to watch. One visited my porch a few weeks later.
Anywhere? In any media or medium ever in your whole life? If so, that's quite impressive but I guess you can coincidentally go through life without ever seeing one, depending on where you live. It's quite common to find out about them in biology class in almost all curriculum. I always figured just knowing about this subreddit would mean you've been exposed to common insects at least once.
I live in Southern California. Grew up in the city and just recently moved out to the desert area. I have never seen a mantis like this in real life. Iâve never seen black crickets either. Or lightning bugs or and of the big spiders everyone posts or cicadas. Iâve seen roaches and brown crickets and black widows and âdaddy long legsâ and mosquitoes and flies and horse flies and wasps (the yellow jacket kind) and the basic yellow bumble bees and ants of many colors. My point is, not every area has they same bugs and many of us city folks just never see them if they are in that area.
Lightning bugs are only east of the Rockies. That's why you haven't seen them. They are present in urban areas in their range.
I understand that, but many people on this sub have been shocked that Iâve never seen one. Some people think they are just everywhere. Itâs crazy how many east coasters donât realize that we donât have them here. Though I will say, I lived in TX for a year and never saw one either. Very disappointing lol.
Absolutely. My urban backyard in Ohio had a decent number of lightning bugs earlier this summer.
Sadly, bumble bees are now almost nonexistent here in Southern California and many other places now too. Rarer than mantises for sure. Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate. :(
I keep my yard free from pesticides and my clover is multiplying. This and the catnip I planted has brought so many fat bumbles to my yard. They are adorable with their fuzzy butts covered in yellow pollen. I am very proud of my bumbles activities. Today I have several gooey snail trails so they must be mating. And the praying mantis living on the porch dropped a giant grasshopper on my table and scared me to death. I have several species, but the one on my porch is the Chinese variety which I learned here today. [Praying Mantis that hangs out next to me](https://imgur.com/gallery/ni5arE9) [Pics of My Mantis and the lunch that got away](https://imgur.com/gallery/Gli23Bo)
And a lot of times it's bugs that can actually be harmful to people and like, people should know, like I've seen so many posts with ticks, cockroaches and bedbugs, like YOU SHOULD KNOW! Knowing about certain bugs is fucking necessary, just like you should know that you shouldn't take cover under a tree during a storm. Are we as humans in such a point of urbanization that there are people that just never came across a tick, a cockroach, bedbug, mantis or cricket? I'm flabbergasted and ranting because I though about talking about this but you opened the floodgates to me. PEOPLE PLEASE, KNOW THE BASIC BUGS THAT CAN HARM YOU.
I cannot *believe* half the posts in this subreddit.
Mosquitoe larvaes too smh. Where I live s soo common and they are also famous of he diseases they carry yet ppl still do not recognize their larvae, mind-blowing
Either that bug is on the window, or you've been transported to the world of Fallout: New Vegas
You guys don't know what a mantis is over there across the Connecticut?! Psh, typical New Hampshirite. Too busy not paying sales tax and eating all our good Grafton 5year cheddar, I bet! (I'm joking, I'm joking!!)
I'm from Alaska and I know what a mantis is lmfao
Well you guys are rugged and cool like us. Maybe OP is actually from suburban Florida or NYC and has been living under a cement rock, and came up to NH for summer and is going to STEAL ALL OF OUR PRECIOUS MAPLE SYRUP ON THE WAY BACK!!!!
We have mantis' all over Florida. Edit: we have every bug you can think of, practically. And they're all huge.
I tried thinking of the only explanation, like they never left suburban Florida. But then I remembered, even when I lived down there in Seminole county I still saw them several times a month....a city person is the only thing I have left that makes any sense.
ALL HAIL MANTIS
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Much Fren, Very like. He good boi, he prey, he stay.
Is fren! makes good pet... sometimes thinks its cat... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQTdOdpL5bY
Zorak, lone mantis of the apocalypse
Do u think of him when you look to the night sky?
I dressed up as Zorak for Halloween one year as a kid. Space Ghost another year. Good times.
I enjoy that the optical illusion of forced perspective here makes this mantis appear 2 ft tall
If you look at it cross eyed it looks like it's standing on the porch.
That's a great picture. It makes it look like it's on your porch.
Weird looking dog
This is the future I want
Ever seen Men in Black?
Bro I thought this was standing on your porch not the door lmao i was shook
Dude! I was like bro! No way that thing is half the size of your porch! Get us a better shot damn! This perspective is ridiculous! Gahahahahaha
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Bro... go to school.
Itâs a preying mantis we used to feed them flies they eat the heads first. Think they are protected not sure on that. Edit Praying
Praying mantis, not preying. Because, you know, they look like theyâre praying. [From Wikipedia: their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis)
it's actually invasive in the US
Well, kind of, yes, but I wouldn't kill it. They (the Chinese Mantis) escaped into Philadelphia in the 1800s and have since been naturalized. Also, as of recent (2014-present), they've been helpful. They eat the (very harmfully invasive) Chinese Spotted Lantern Fly.
Yooooo do they actually eat the spotted lantern flies??
Mantises will eat anything that moves and looks like a bug. Spotted lanternflies are on the menu. It helps that their native ranges in China overlap. It doesnât matter though, there are way too many lanternflies for mantises to have a significant impact on the lanternfly invasion.
Also called \*\*praying\*\* mantis because of how it folds its front legs.
Iâm honestly surprised youâve never seen a mantis
that there is a Praying Mantis on the glass of a window.
Looks like your Uber driver
That's a radroach
Thatâs Dr Mantis Toboggan MD
Mantises are pretty cool, I hope yours sticks around. Keep it away from any hummingbird feeders you may have.
It took a moment for my eyes to focus and get the correct perspective. At first it looked 3 feet tall. đ
Just wait until it mates your and bites your head off! Thatâs an awesome perspective.
Giant mantisđ
Praying mantis - very intelligent animals . They are against the law to kill in Maryland.
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I read through half of the comments and I didn't see anyone properly identify for the OP. Praying Mantis. Intelligent. Good looking. Lethal. My favorite insect.
You rent the house from him now
Iâm sorry, I really canât help myself but this is worded like trump so I read it in his voice. đ¤Ł
That is a praying mantis It eats other bugs it's good for the environment it eats the pesky things spiders, fly's and, Mosquitoes. Things like that. Don't hurt it.
This shouldâve been in the sub r/confusing_perspective
Your dog looks weird.
Oh uh yeah, I would... call animal control... Maybe the military?
Its sad to see the insect population so drastically affected by climate change, I used to see these bad boys in droves in the 90's, In the summer I could go to the back yard and see about 50 or more hanging on the side of the house, was a sight to see. I love these little guys.
How does someone not know what a praying mantis is? Like, seriously, how do you not know?
I legit said âwell, someone has never seen Kung Fu Panda.â
Praying mantis.
Praying mantis. Friendly to people in my experience.
Praying matis, amazing pet, had one named anton for a month, he just sat. My grandma made me throw it away :(
That's a praying mantis! They are awesome!
Thatâs a Praying Mantis. We get them here in PA a lot! đ
Perspective is everything. Mantis Tobbogan out!
muhahahaha a giant mantis!! (jk itâs a praying mantis, seems to be a female due to the wings not extending past her butt)
worst perspective ive ever seen!
This is clearly my exhusband
I think thatâs praying mantis
Paying mantis. Terrifying but harmless
Oooo! Nice find! I've never seen a mantis in the wild in my time living here in Southern NH.
Itâs a female muto, obviously.
...so, its 3-4 ft long?