#mantodea

[crevicedwelling]

male mantises are such bimbos I saw this guy miss a bee, then very confidently take a bite of the goldenrod buds he caught instead

#bugs #mantis #Mantodea

[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

[tardigradebutt]

my bugkiss just came in. here is my experience

#viviposting #mantis #mantid #mantodea #bugposting #bugblr #isopod #isopods #insect #insects #bugkiss

[humblegrub]

praying mantis desk pet with watermelon tourmaline!

#bugs #bugblr #insect #insects #entomology #bug #found elsewhere and uploaded by me #tiktok #diy #mantises #mantis #mantids #mantodea

[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

[ultimatebugpoll]

ROUND 1 OF THE TUMBLR INSECT POLL

#bugblr #entomology #entymology #insect #moth #butterfly #lepidoptera #mantis #mantodea

[celestialmacros]

Initially I thought these were the same species. They were photographed in a meadow where I have often photographed our native mantids. But it turns out the bottom photo is of a species I'd never found before, though I knew we had them in the area. The wing length should have tipped me off.

Top: Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) photographed September 21, 2023

Below: European Mantis (Mantis religiosa) photographed October 2, 2023

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

#bugs #bug #photographers on tumblr #carolina mantis #european mantis #Mantis religiosa #Stagmomantis carolina #bugblr #entomology #insects #insect #mantodea #nature #animals

[herpsandbirds]

Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus), family Hymenopodidae, found in SE Asia

photograph by

#flower mantis #mantis #mantodea #hymenopus #hymenopodidae #insect #entomology #animals #nature #asia

[tarantula-wizard]

Invertober Day 20: European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)

#bug art #bugs #insects #mantodea #mantids #bugblr #european mantis #art #my art

[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

[crevicedwelling]

here’s an interesting female Chinese mantis I found hanging out in a porcelainberry patch. the yellow neck and green body is a very common color morph in males, but this is the first female I’ve seen who wasn’t a fully green or brown morph. she’s rather tiny for a T. sinensis too

she also had “heterochromia,” with one eye a bluer shade of green than the other (doubt anything about this term applies to a compound eye, but what else would you call it?)

I wonder if I’ll see her again in the few weeks she’s got left, certainly a very distinctive individual

#bugs #mantis #Mantodea #mantishenanigans

[creepincrawl]

More pics of my pet mantis Daffodil on my miniature, but now she's an adult!

:O that me!

This time she really, really wanted to just climb up high lol. Makes sense because she spends like 90% of her time upside down.

Ma'am, please, the door is not for climbing.

(look at her antennae moving!)

Oh my goodness I can't bring you anywhere Daffodil!! They have printed paper menus you don't have to climb up close to look!!!

I gave her a juicy cricket for her time! Everyone say thank you Daffodil!

:I :o

#bugs #mantis #pet bug #pet bugs #mantodea #mantids #pet mantis #praying mantis #cute bugs #miniatures #miniature #mini house #bugs tw #cute insect #pet insect #insect

[cnestus]

shield mantis

Nicaragua, 2011

#mantodea #mantidae

[snototter]

A thistle mantis, or Egyptian flower mantis (Blepharopsis mendica) demonstrates its fantastic camoflague in Palestine

by tal_l

#thistle mantis #egyptian flower mantis #mantids #blepharopsis mendica #blepharopsis #Empusidae #mantodea #insecta #arthropoda #wildlife: palestine #wildlife: asia

[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