#European Mantis

[dinoserious]

invertober day 20, european mantis. wow! i painted something for once

[onenicebugperday]

@theell-evatedone submitted: found this mantis and brought her in my girlfriends car to show my girlfriend and then she laid her eggs???

Lol I guess she was ready to party and you grabbed her at just the right moment. If you can, attach the piece of rope it's on to some kinda woody plant/stem or fence post or something outdoors so it can hatch naturally. They're not native if you're in the US, but they're so well established that it's okay to let it hatch.

[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

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: vol. 2 - Insects. Written by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. 1984.

Internet Archive

1.) European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)

2.) European stick insect (Bacillus rossius)

3.) Anchiale maculata

4.) Seychelles leaf insect (Pulchriphyllium bioculatum)

5.) European mantis (Mantis religiosa)

[tarantula-wizard]

Invertober Day 20: European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)

[jenfoundabug]

The many faces of Mantis religiosa Northern California, US

[morbidsmenagerie]

Another European mantis at work, this one's an adult female!

[critter-creature-or-beast]

[cuttledreams-bugs]

Invertober Days 17 through 20!! Already so much progress!

- Blue Morpho Butterfly ~

- Reddish-Brown Stag Beetle ~

-White-Spotted Jellyfish ~

-European Mantis ~

Invertober is put together by fossilforager! Prompt List

[ehrenenglish]

Invertober 20: European Mantis

[brella-boi]

Day 20: European Mantis

[onenicebugperday]

@w0rped-moss submitted:I think you’ll like this bug! I’m pretty sure shes a female because she had a very large abdomen. I found her in Utah, but I’m pretty sure she‘s a European Mantis. What I’m wondering is why she’s such a light color. Do you have any idea why that is?

Yes, it’s a European mantis. And you’re right that it’s probably a female if her abdomen was quite large. Her coloration is within the normal spectrum for this species! Shades of green and brown are both very common.

[vulturevalentines]

european mantis (m. religiosa) for day 20 of invertober

[box-of-critters]

European Mantis found in a walkway that tends to get a good deal of foot traffic during the day. Unfortunately they are invasive in my area, but nonetheless they were safely relocated out of the way into some greenery.

Date Taken: 3 October 2024, 00:36

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Backlit shot of a European mantis (Mantis religiosa) next to a mushroom. The widely spaced eyes allow three-dimensional vision required for accurate prey capture. Mantids are cannibalistic and well known for females devouring males before, during or after mating.

Photograph: Panagiotis Dalagiorgos/Royal Entomological Society

Insect Week Photography Awards

[morbidsmenagerie]

Found a European mantis at work