The Praying Mantis Story: Human-like persona / Predator eye-sight and pseudo-pupils/Ruthless hunters
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- With an articulated neck and head that can turn up to 180 degrees the Praying Mantis has an intelligent and almost human-like projection! It has compound eyes but its pseudo-pupils add to this aura. The efficiency of the eyes and depth perception combined with stealth, ambush and speed make the praying mantis a ruthless hunter. Not bothering to kill its prey, a praying mantis will grasp it tightly and immediately begin eating it alive!
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I've just found your channel by chance and am so happy. I love these videos so you've just got a new subscriber. Praying mantis are my favorite insects they visit me every year from spring to late autumn here in Italy. I think they've adopted me because they always jump onto me and sit on my hand gazing up to me as if they're saying 'Hello I'm back again'. We also have so many of those stink bugs like the ones you showed on one of your videos, but the most common type here is bright green that changes colour to camouflage itself and they realy stink much more than the Asian type, even the mantis aren't interested in them:))
So happy you discovered my channel! Welcome! I am a big praying mantis fan too! Thanks for share!
Thanks for the quick botany lesson. Was a pleasure to Hike into you. -Freedom
Ah! Great to hear from you ! Have an amazing hike! Keep in touch!!
Absolutely lovely insects. A few years ago I had raised a ghost mantis from nymph to adult; it was so interesting to watch. I love how they study their environment in such a seemingly intelligent manner akin to a human. It's always a pleasure to find them in nature.
These guys do appear intelligent and interactive!
I used to see praying mantis growing up all the time, have not seen one in years. Loved learning about how they eat their prey.
I never get tired of watching the eat! Amazing!
There was a mantis on the path in our meadow and I tried to pick her up to avoid her being stepped on. She got so angry. I didn’t realize she was eating and had captured prey in her right hand. I apologized and walked on. Lol
Ha! lol...they are very focused when eating! :-)
The best way to pick up a mantis is to offer them a perch. Like a parrot, they will climb onto a finger, or stick placed right in front of them. If they don’t, there is a reason.
If they are nearing a molt, when they shed their exoskeleton, they become basically immobile. Touching them at such a time is dangerous to them. The molt can go badly, and leave them disfigured, which means hunting might be hard on them. It can also make them an easy target. They take a couple or three days to go from inactivity to molt. They normally go on a big feed first, which gets them through it. Molting is exhausting for them. It is freakish to watch.
Eating is another time they don’t want to be disturbed.🐞🪰🤬
It was kind of you to let it dine in peace. 😃👍
EEEEEWWWWWW!!!!! He's eating a STINK BUG!!!!! I just happened upon your channel. It popped up on TH-cam. I'm glad it did. Now I know how to get rid of stink bugs!!!! Now... how do you get rid of BOX ELDERS???? We get infested with them, too!!! I heard that the Praying Mantis bites and it's poisonous. Is that true??? Thanks for your information!!!!!
Ha! right! Stink bug deterent. No, their bite is not toxic like assassin bugs for example. ck out these ideas: (should work for box elder bugs as well) Please check out my most recent update on Pesticide-free Stink Bug deterrents that is based on over 1000 viewer comments on what viewers tried and what WORKED for them! I hope there are some solutions here that will work for you! Click: th-cam.com/video/U4o-79om2xk/w-d-xo.html
WOW👀👀 CRAZY STUFF👀 Thanks for the info!:))
Ha on the eyes!! 👀 lol! Yup, pretty cool!
Wow! GREAT interesting video! Thank you soo much! ☺
You are welcome! one of my favorite subjects to film up close and personal!
I see many of them every summer. I took pictures of one eating a Monarch butterfly. If I had been quicker, I would have got it flying while carrying it. I love them, but hate that they eat hummingbirds. I wish they would eat ticks.
Thanks for share Samantha. Fortunately grabbing a hummingbird is rare. BTW...they will eat ticks if given the opportunity!
@@natureatyourdoor I have a ten acre field as my backyard. I see them every where. The babies are all over the place. Maybe that's why ticks weren't too bad last year.
Thank you for the explanation of the pseudopupil. 🦇
Any time!
I’ve been raising some mantids to help the native species against the invasive one in my area.
When one of my Mantids looks at me her pseudopupil dilated. When she turned her head away it would return to a pin prick size until she looked towards me again.
She seemed in control of this because at one point I made a sudden movement and spooked her and only then did she she stare at me with super tiny pseudopupils for alittle while before she calmed down again.
My window was in front of me (behind her) but it was night at this point. The only lights where from above us.
Fascinating! Thanks for share!
this is the best footage of these little guys i've ever seen! i saw a mantis the other day on my patio table and i was mesmerized by it for a good 20 minutes, haha!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I had one that hungout on one of my hummingbird feeders that was above an azalea. Every week when I serviced the feeder I'd let it off on the azalea and it would be back on the feeder within an hour. It was small early on and got bigger throughout the year. It never got big enough to catch a hummingbird. ☺
Amazingly territorial! Thanks for share!
Very well made video. 😃👍
You had a beauty there. I love their little triangle faces! If you hold two fingers in front of them, slightly bent, and wiggle them, they will shadow box with you. 😂
Males can fly, if they choose to, once they sprout wings, but females can’t. Their wings sprout underdeveloped.
Hi Violet! Thanks for checking out my video! They truly are insects with a personality aren't they!
I have Praying Mantis all around my home. I have big ones with looks like solid black eyes. Thank you for the information.
Their eyes are amazing! Thanks for checking in!
Hi Frank 😊 Thank you for your information. I have a brother who was very into praying mantis, and interested in other bugs as well. They truly captivate your attention! Thanks to him for turning my Ma and I onto them. They are fascinating, present their own beauty, and are, our favorite insect! Rather majestic I say! 💚 I do not see them these days, unless their hidden so well. I just hope they're still out there! 🙏
....And what do you know, they like stink bugs 😄
Thanks Gina! They are simply fascinating to watch! and yes...about the stink bugs! :-)
Hi Frank. I gets lots of praying mantis in my yard. I even see alot of very small ones. God bless Jeff. Im still grilling. 😊😊
Love the grill!
I wouldve captured that mantis and kept him for a pet. 😄 I just love them. Silly little creatures.
I hear they are great insect pets!
@@natureatyourdoor indeed, they do. As a nymph, they need very little space. A standard plastic cup is fine. They need at least one stick to climb. I use a very fine netting rather than a lid. It is easier to see them, and also to water them. A mist is the best way to water them.
They are cannibals, so they must be kept separate. Once they are big enough, after three or four molts, they can be turned loose. You want to do that only if you have a good spot for them to adapt as a home. They are quite territorial, and don’t enjoy leaving the place they have claimed.
The best place is a window which gets good sun, and has a drape or curtain to “patrol”. They are drawn to a well lit place simply because their prey is drawn to light. They are unlikely to leave their area, unless they can’t get enough food, or they feel threatened.
Funny, but a good percentage of them will get lonely. If you are seated and fairly still for a while, they will approach you, possibly even climb onto you. I have been told they can’t hear, but I had one which if I called to her, would come out of hiding, and listen to me a while. I could tell her how my day went, tell of some anecdotes, and she would hang there and twist her little head occasionally. When I finished, she would go back to concealment.
They do a great job of keeping an area clear of flies, moths, mosquitoes, bees, and anything which enters their area.
A mantis ootheca, or egg casing, holds up to five hundred nymphs. Nature does this because they are stupid, and often vulnerable. Their predatory instincts cause them to sometimes approach a larger critter which will eat them. Their hunting skills are top notch, but their survival skills are sometimes lacking.
If someone wants to keep any as a free range pet, they should take note that although fixed to a territory, they will be tempted to make a dash at an open door. If you have some reason to have a door open for a while, it would be a good idea to put them in a container during that time.
They will not eat dead bugs. If you bring food to them it must be wiggling.
Good thing they are small. Ive been told they can catch small mice,snakes and hummingbirds. Ive never seen this just have been told. God bless Frank. 😊
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Yeah and a lot of times whatever they're eating is still struggling. They're some pretty hardcore creatures!
Ruthless predators!
There's ur natural predator to the stink bug lol cool cool videos thank u 4 the nature videos keep on keeping on and keep walking tall prayers 4 yall and bless great healthy peaceful safe journeys and travels
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Hi Thunder Rode ! Thanks for encouragement and prayers! Each and every comment like yours energizes me to keep making new videos and better quality! Thank you!!!
@@natureatyourdoor ur welcome keep walking tall 💪🙂
That last praying mantis that was eating the other insect had different kind of eyes than the one at the beginning of your video. The one at the end had one big eye on the left with what looked like a pupil surrounded by an iris and and the same kind of smaller eye on the right. The one at the beginning had the pseudo-pupil but no iris
Yes..it was very strange. I wasnt able to figure out what I was seeing in the later.
ayo thanks for talking about the pseudopupils very clearly for my dumb pea brain
very cool!
Very fascinating..,I still think he is looking right at me! 😊
My FAVORITE insects... As a kid we would keep one in a box and feed it all summer long...❤ Now that I'm old I find them in the yard and even find the egg sacks but the egg sacks are usually sterile, Which is sad.
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I saw a tall one at the age of 10 early morning 3 foot tall . In the grass. We stopped and looked at each other . I ran to knock on doors to tell someone. No one ever believed me. Now I know. I also has my only flying dream about the same time.
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Thank you Skylar!
Spooky critters
So interesting..so human like in movement of articulated head!
Many species of mantis disguise as flowers
Very cool!
Smart ones they pray
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Dont they bite? I saw one rip a lizards jaw off on a video. If it can do that... ive even been jumped at. Im scared to death if those.
I have never been bitten by one but I handle cautiously! Obviously powerful jaws capable of a painful bite!
Preying "predator" mantis...hmmm
Lol, Joy! 😉
It is a Chinese Mantis.
Yup. Thanks for confirmation of ID!
I have crickets
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