i tried to take a few videos of cherry eating but she started pooping :(
im uploading it because this blog is mainly to try and document mantis behaviour but its still gross so watch if you need/want to see a male orchid mantis poop and get it caught on its wing i guess
in between the cut she kicked it off with her back foot, unfortunately i missed it because in real time she took too long to remove it and i gave up recording
this video, while gross (sorry cherry) does answer a question i had a while ago, i saw cherry with her abdomen bent at and angle recently and although she seemed fine i couldn’t figure out why or what she was doing, turns out she was probably just taking a shit ;w;
this is sped up x5, irl it took her about 5 mins to poop and have her body return to normal