#mantidae

[anime-insect-of-the-day]

Today’s anime insects of the day are: this Mantis and unfortunate Butterfly prey from Attack on Titan

Order: Mantodea + Lepidoptera

Family: Mantidae + Papilionidae

#attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #mantodea #lepidoptera #Mantidae #papilionidae #mantis #butterfly #insect

[creepincrawl]

This is probably the best thing I've ever done

Ma'am. Excuse me ma'am you can't stand on the counter.

Bonus Daffodil cleaning her leggy!!

#mantis #mantodea #mantid #mantids #cute #cute bugs #bug #bug video #insect #insects #cute insect #cute bug #pet mantis #mantidae #pet bug #pet bugs #pet insect #mini #miniatures #miniature #mini house #dollhouse

[creatureimages]

look at the absolute size of this archimantis!!!!!!!!

look at the mantis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#praying mantis #mantis #mantodea #mantidae #archimantis #these guys can eat birds!!!!! #absolutely wonderful #not sure if male or female. according to wiki the females can't fly but it's unclear whether that means #'completely groundbound and reliant on jumps' or 'can sort of ungracefully fly' #and im awful at sexing mantids

[ljsbugblog]

a wonderful encounter with a Spiny Grass Mantis. mantids are really something special, it feels like there's a lot of intelligence and awareness about them (or perhaps I'm just anthropomorphising lol).

at any rate, she* was very patient with us as we fawned over her and took a ton of photos, before gently returning her to the fence to continue her prowl.

I especially love this photo of her foreleg, such wonderfully intense spines!

*I don't actually know how to sex mantids, my guess is based entirely on their short wings and generally large size. I welcome any corrections or tips on determining mantis sex!

Spiny Grass Mantis, female(?) (Archimantis armata).

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #macro #insects #mantodea #mantises #mantidae #mantids #archimantis #australian grass mantises #archimantis armata #spiny grass mantis

[vrgssmncht]

Fast fast messy sketch of some mantids! Coloured! Featuring a praying mantis I found (photograph) and this silly guy (Rhombodera sp.)(the illustration) on iNat!

#waited for the club to start drawing this #ended up not attending though had a low battery and a storm is coming.. #regretted it but damn that's the consequence of not living on the dorm and having to go back home #OH THOUGHT THE MANTIS WAS FUNNY SO I DREW IT THAT'S WHY I'M HERE #finally! I'm able to draw something! #art #2023 #mantidae #oh also the background texture is from a microscope photograph of this plant tissue i forgot the name of #we were observing anthocyanin! #insect art #arthropod #praying mantis #digital illustration #illustration #wildlife art

[mantimae]

I'm working on getting ready to launch my portfolio website this week and I drew this lil guy today to welcome visitors onto my page :)

Edit: My website is now up!! You can come say "hi" to this fella in their proper home on the homepage of https://maemaemae.com/ <3 <3 :D

#my art #digital art #digital drawing #praying mantis #mantid #mantidae #insects #bug art #insect art #bugposting #spiny flower mantis #professional artist #artists on tumblr #open for work #commissions open

[xylocopavirginica]

check out this little cutie i met last night 💕 he’s a male Carolina mantis, Stagmomantis carolina :) i always get excited to find one of these since usually i only find the larger nonnative Chinese mantises here in NC!

#mantis #mantodea #mantidae #carolina mantis #stagmomantis carolina #praying mantis #insects #bugs #entomology

[herpsandbirds]

Peruvian Shield Mantis (Choeradodis rhombicollis), family Mantidae, Costa Rica

Photograph by Lost Photographer

#shield mantis #mantis #mantidae #insect #entomology #nature #animals #central america

[cnestus]

shield mantis

Nicaragua, 2011

#mantodea #mantidae

[brownorum]

the sweetling 🥺

#pseudocreobotra wahlbergii #spiny flower mantis #mantis #mantid #mantidae #insect

[chequerootlurks]

Today our kiddo and I were out enjoying nature. She said she’d never seen a live praying mantis. We went on a walk through the back acres to find some. Finding the first one was like “Where’s Waldo.”

Once we did though, then we saw them everywhere.

I showed her how to gently hold them so they don’t get scared (and I don’t get pinched).

These are all her photos of mantis friends we found.

Many Mantis!

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My partner and I own several acres in the Chicago burbs.

Instead of a McMansion and acres of lawn that look like a golf course, it is maintained as a nature preserve. It takes work to maintain the paths and beat back invasive plants.

When our daughter moved in, she wasn’t sure about all the nature, lol. Now, she has her own pumpkin patch.

She is kind to bugs and various creatures that make this land their home.

All the above photos are hers from our stroll today.

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ps: Nail polish is for all genders!

My partner and I have both worn nail polish, and we let our kiddo paint our nails because it’s fun for all of us!

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[ @onenicebugperday - I thought you might enjoy these big friends]

#praying mantis #mantidae #very nice bugs #a very nice bug #a day in the life of muse

[anime-insect-of-the-day]

Today’s anime insect of the day is: this mantis from Sword of the Stranger

Order: Mantodea

Family: Mantidae

#sword of the stranger #mantodea #mantidae #mantis #insect

[thatinvertguy]

I wake up every morning and cry knowing I will never be as pretty as her.

The Spiny Flower Mantis

Family: Hymenopodidae

Scientific Term: Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi

This bitch. This is what I want to be if reincarnation exists. These mantises mostly live in parts of East and South Africa. The wings on their wings are used to scare away predators and appear bigger.

They aren't very active and stay mostly in one single spot for most of the day until prey comes by.

And, like almost every mantis species, the females are sexually cannabalistic.

They're my role model.

@catboybiologist

(Sorry for tagging you but you're like the only other biology nerd I know)

#insects #invertebrates #mantis #mantidae #occasional biology rant #expect to see more of this

[pelagodes]

European mantis or cat?

#mantis #mantidae #insects #entomology #insect #critter

[ljsbugblog]

Australian Garden Mantis, female(?) (Orthodera ministralis).

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #insects #mantidae #mantids #praying mantis #orthodera #orthodera ministralis #australian garden mantis

[mavrocke]

praying mantis

#art #bug art #bugblr #praying mantis #mantis #mantidae #arthropoda #insecta