praying mantis

[Filthy Sanchez]

sweet mantis pics

Check out the ones in the photo lounge.

 

[HurricaneForce76]

Man- I love mantids, there soo sick. There one of the arthropods that dont really gross me out. They morphology is just amazing, it meets thier individual niches soo well, its practically rediculous. Im going to have to buy one in the future, there just that awesome . Thanks for the pics and links,
~76

 

[SiestaSkyy]

dont they die every season?

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

Yeah, that kinda sucks. They live 12-18 months. At the end they go into what is called "death throws". They just start struggling to hold onto anything and move ingeneral, it looks as if they're suffering (and they very well could be) just a natural order to life. That which begins eventually ends.