#mantodea

[bug-lovers-island]

Light trap lamp! The moths are paper, and the mantis is a plastic toy. The idea was suggested to me by a friend because I had this plain shade and nothing to use it for. More moths will be added in the future to fill the sides

[beausbugbiome]

“When Insects Rule the World” series by Bill Mayer

[herpsandbirds]

Red-and-yellow Slender Flower Mantis (Toxodera integrifolia), female, family Toxoderidae, Malaysia

Photograph by Chien C Lee

[jupiterswasphouse]

[VIDEO AND PHOTOS TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025 | Video and Image IDs: A video and six photos of a brown and green male Chinese mantis with black eyes. In the video it's standing on a human hand, flicking its antennae and sticking its front legs out curiously, before crawling onto the camera. In the photos, the first two show it on some dirty plastic siding, with a more top-down angle; the next three are of it on the same hand as before, one facing the camera with its front legs blurred from motion, while the other two face away and show off its wings; and the last one on a wooden surface, showing it clean its antenna /End IDs.]

Tenodera sinensis, the Chinese mantis! Specifically a male mantis. If you didn't already know this about mantises, their eyes turn black at night to help them see better!

... Also at some point I scared the mantis and it jumped away with its antenna still in its mouth :P

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Long ears antennae? Can jump really far? Why, it must be the bunny mantis! Also known as the grasshopper mantis, this species is capable of leaping up to 1 m (3 ft)-- over ten times their own body length!-- to catch their prey, which can include large insects, small birds, and frogs, lizards, and occasionally fish.

(Image: A bunny mantis (Archimantis latistyla) by Mark Ayers)

[dinoserious]

invertober day 24, giant asian mantis. 0_0

[dailybugfacts]

could i have a mantis please?

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Did you know that the Wandering Violin Mantis (Gongylus gongylodes) is a mantis found in India and Sri Lanka? Its extremely narrow limbs and wider appendages give it a violin-esque appearance. This is a species of communal mantis, where large groups live and breed together without the infamous sexual cannibalism.

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Photo by Shaveen Madushka

[crevicedwelling]

male mantises are such bimbos I saw this guy miss a bee, then very confidently take a bite of the goldenrod buds he caught instead