#mantids

[heartnosekid]

orchid mantis (hymenopus coronatus) | source

[celestialmacros]

The darkest brown Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) I've ever seen.

August 18, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[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!!

[bumblechub]

look who's here to grant your new year wishes!

[cyclosilicate]

A starry-eyed Darth Vader mantis

[bugsinmyskull]

need to draw more mantis miku

[samimarkart]

mantis painting, 6x12 inches, acrylic on wood panel

this is available for $50, message me if interested!

[strawlessandbraless]

Some Praying Mantis Aesthetic for your feed 🙏

Devil’s Flower Mantis 😈 🪻

Orchid Praying Mantis 🌸

Kung Fu Praying Mantis 🥋

Spiny Flower Praying Mantis 🌵🌺

Conehead Praying Mantis🍦

Shield Praying Mantis 🛡️ 🍃

Mediterranean Praying Mantis 👯‍♀️

Malaysian Orchid Praying Mantis 🪷

[cosmiclion]

Guys I feel like a mighty god just accepted a sacrifice from me 🛐

[feather-bone]

[ID: an illustration of a pink mantis facing to the right, on a teal background with pink petals and green leaves. End.]

Orchid mantis! Adapted to camouflage amongst orchid flowers and ambush pollinators with swift arms and a powerful bite.

[humblegrub]

praying mantis desk pet with watermelon tourmaline!

[celestialmacros]

One of the prettiest I've ever seen, with those green eyes. She looks like a tapestry from above. Although we have 4 kinds of mantids in my area, this is the only native one and I'm always happy to find them.

Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)

September 28, 2023

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[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

[kedreeva]

Hadah cleaning her limbs and face like a cat

[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).

[bugsinmyskull]

finally did some mantis studies