Comments on: Praying Mantis of Death! http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/ the art of biology & the biology of art Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:26:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Adam Wright http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-82630 Adam Wright Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:48:06 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-82630 that killed a brid cool that killed a brid cool

]]> By: jimmy G http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-80596 jimmy G Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:05:15 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-80596 Amazing. Every year for 7 years, around Sept. in Ny, I find a manta outside my front door. I found one again tonight. So decided to look them up. I was told they bite, so i wont hold it. I did one year though. Truly an interesting creature. I don't breed them Why would they return in the same spot every year? If they can eat a bird..they must have one heck of a bite! I'm assuming it dies in the fall. Why would I only see one though? Is it the female? Can someone answer all this? Amazing. Every year for 7 years, around Sept. in Ny, I find a manta outside my front door. I found one again tonight. So decided to look them up. I was told they bite, so i wont hold it. I did one year though. Truly an interesting creature. I don’t breed them Why would they return in the same spot every year? If they can eat a bird..they must have one heck of a bite! I’m assuming it dies in the fall. Why would I only see one though? Is it the female? Can someone answer all this?

]]> By: cicada http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-75500 cicada Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:05:22 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-75500 aoife, hope you already got your answer, but yes - release them! They'll eat tiny insects until they're big enough to eat larger ones, and they are really good at hiding. If you keep them in the jar they'll dry out, and they'll start eating each other. aoife, hope you already got your answer, but yes - release them! They’ll eat tiny insects until they’re big enough to eat larger ones, and they are really good at hiding. If you keep them in the jar they’ll dry out, and they’ll start eating each other.

]]> By: aoife http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-75130 aoife Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:51:01 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-75130 I found an eggsac a while ago... and didnt know what it was so i kept it in a bottle with small holes at the top. I woke up today and there a thousands of like praying mantises in there...what should i do...just release them? I found an eggsac a while ago… and didnt know what it was so i kept it in a bottle with small holes at the top. I woke up today and there a thousands of like praying mantises in there…what should i do…just release them?

]]> By: mantis owner http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-72209 mantis owner Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:09:11 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-72209 I 've seen a mantis try to go up against a cat. I've had mantis several years in a row. They will try to get any food they can. You can see the eye color, some have blue or green. They are totally cool. I ‘ve seen a mantis try to go up against a cat. I’ve had mantis several years in a row. They will try to get any food they can. You can see the eye color, some have blue or green. They are totally cool.

]]> By: trifi http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-67437 trifi Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:36:01 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-67437 i believe it i mean the praying mantis can grow to a size of 6 inches. A hummingbird can be as small as 2.5 inches. I WANT TO BUY A PRAYING MANTIS!!! to watch it kill something. i believe it i mean the praying mantis can grow to a size of 6 inches. A hummingbird can be as small as 2.5 inches. I WANT TO BUY A PRAYING MANTIS!!! to watch it kill something.

]]> By: carla http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-58326 carla Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:52:08 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-58326 I myself would never had believed it, but yesterday when I got home..there was a dead hummingbird hanging from the feeder with a praying ;mantis eating it. There was no way for the humminbird to die other than the praying mantis to kill it ...it was awful....so I got rid of the praying mantis and I am watching the bird feeder for more, because they will go also...... I myself would never had believed it, but yesterday when I got home..there was a dead hummingbird hanging from the feeder with a praying ;mantis eating it. There was no way for the humminbird to die other than the praying mantis to kill it …it was awful….so I got rid of the praying mantis and I am watching the bird feeder for more, because they will go also……

]]> By: D http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-17335 D Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:03:37 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-17335 That is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. That is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

]]> By: cicada http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-17325 cicada Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:18:29 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-17325 Pierre, any pest control business that has ladybugs, etc. should also have mantid egg cases. I bought mine at a local farmer's market. Usually they sell them in spring. I don't know what mantids are native to Europe so you might want to look for a local supplier there in France. As for the pictures, they've been up there a while, it's a reliable website, and no one has called it a hoax yet. It is pretty incredible but large tropical mantises can definitely kill birds and frogs, so this might be a case of a domestic mantis getting too big for its britches. I doubt it happens often, though - and it is rather sad to lose a hummingbird to feed an insect with such a short life cycle. Pierre, any pest control business that has ladybugs, etc. should also have mantid egg cases. I bought mine at a local farmer’s market. Usually they sell them in spring. I don’t know what mantids are native to Europe so you might want to look for a local supplier there in France.

As for the pictures, they’ve been up there a while, it’s a reliable website, and no one has called it a hoax yet. It is pretty incredible but large tropical mantises can definitely kill birds and frogs, so this might be a case of a domestic mantis getting too big for its britches. I doubt it happens often, though - and it is rather sad to lose a hummingbird to feed an insect with such a short life cycle.

]]> By: Pierre Carlès http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-17305 Pierre Carlès Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:02:30 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/08/28/praying-mantis-of-death/#comment-17305 Are you sure the photo is genuine ? I find it hard to believe that a praying mantis would have the strength in its forelegs to really hurt such a powerful bird as a hummingbird. I am in doubt, I must say. What do entomologists say ? And more important: where the hell can one get a mantis case ? Are you sure the photo is genuine ? I find it hard to believe that a praying mantis would have the strength in its forelegs to really hurt such a powerful bird as a hummingbird. I am in doubt, I must say. What do entomologists say ? And more important: where the hell can one get a mantis case ?

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