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Ghost Mantid pictures!!!!

I got a camera add on for my phone so now i can take WAYYYYY better pictures of bugs! Meet my first model, my pet mantid named Ungo. She’s so so pretty 🥰

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i'm still working on finishing the fix it comic, so here are some pics of the mantids im raising rn in the meantime !!!

#bugs #praying mantis #mantises #mantis #mantids #ghost mantis #timor shield mantis #asian flower mantis #spiny flower mantis #carolina mantis #budwing mantis #top to bottom left to right their names are - ignatz - kite - tabitha - pixie - zomp - and muddybuddy !!!!!#bugblr #tw bugs #cw bugs #pls let me know if i need to add extra tags i know this isnt my usual stuff!!!!!

👻 Boo! Meet the ghost mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa). This species’ leaf-like appearance helps it disappear among foliage, concealing it from predators and prey. When tasty critters—like grasshoppers and moths—wander too close, it uses its powerful forelimbs to snatch them up! This insect has a wide range across Africa and can be spotted in Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Madagascar.

Photo: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist

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a few yrs ago i was mucking around with a danny phantom concept of a bug kingdom in the ghost zone, and a specific ghost mantis character in it. i was reminded of it recently and decided to give the design a facelift :p

#danny phantom #danny phantom oc #insect #bug #ghost mantis #the little fangies on the face are actually the palps folded up #one of the things abt this area is that anyone that enters the bounds does become a bug #like i was thinking up a hypothetical episode where danny gets in there and has bug adventures. fights a bug knight in gladiatorial combat #yknow. normal stuff #i was having danny as a cricket (no img) but i thought a treehopper would be cool bc i can emulate his hair w them #nd their crazy protrusions

do you have any facts maybe about the phyllocrania paradoxa ? that is, if it hasnt been done already, if not, do any other mantis :D

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Did you know that the Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa) is a small African mantis? It resembles an old dried leaf, giving it top tier camouflage for such a successful ambush predator. This camouflage helps it blend in to hunt better and to help it hide from the birds that would eat it.

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