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Posted: 10/4/2016 7:48:22 AM EST
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Ugh theres like 6 of these bastids in my man cave hanging around in random places and two damn red orb weavers right at the entrance too. Fire is in order might have to burn the man cave down.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:02:14 AM EST
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I kept a female PM as a pet when I was a kid, she lived almost a year and got about 6" long. She would sit on your head or shoulder and bob like a leaf in the wind. Fed her crickets and grasshoppers.
I see them all the time around the house now, one big female sits on the same branch of a bush out front every night. Related note, came out to a ~8" long stick bug on my wife's car the other day, haven't seen one of those that big in forever. 
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:03:28 AM EST
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Ugh theres like 6 of these bastids in my man cave hanging around in random places and two damn red orb weavers right at the entrance too. Fire is in order might have to burn the man cave down. https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14500670_1419447091402018_518024490187293808_o.jpg https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14522883_1419448464735214_7551275774333705603_n.jpg?oh=14d64524aff5682625c6dbc121f41401&oe=58ACD409 I normally just try to shoo them away to build webs somewhere besides face high across the gate or doorway 
But brake cleaner works on the stubborn ones that are out of reach. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:07:40 AM EST
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We traveled to Florida and returned home with a bunch of Green Anoles (basically a small lizard).
We also caught a 4-5" long praying mantis when we got home, which is pretty large compared to the ones we normally see. Being the teenagers we were, we put them all in a cage together to see what would happen. THAT MOTHER FUCKING PRAYING MANTIS KILLED AND ATE ALL OF THE ANOLES! Since then I have made it my life goal to kill as many of those fuckers as possible. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:07:58 AM EST
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Read title, looked at author, knew I was getting good macro pics before clicking the thread.
Nicely done OP. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:11:31 AM EST
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Somewhere I have a video I took of a dragonfly eating the hell out of another dragonfly...
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:13:02 AM EST
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It moved over a little bit last night but now its on the tree in front of the door, bastid. They arent doing a good job of keeping bugs out so this afternoon brake cleaner it is!
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:14:17 AM EST
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Since then I have made it my life goal to kill as many of those fuckers as possible. Why would you do that? It ate the anoles because that's what you gave it to eat, outside they're eating all kinds of nasty critters. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:14:55 AM EST
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This. I don't know why, but they come off as "friendly" or "inquisitive" when you find them. I've always wanted a few as pets, which you can actually order. Obligatory: Language NSFW  https://youtu.be/BsyZ7mfq11AQuote HistoryQuoted:
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I always loved praying mantises. Of all the bugs we encountered growing up and playing outside, they were far and away the most friendly and good natured. They just seemed really laid back, never tried to bite. This. I don't know why, but they come off as "friendly" or "inquisitive" when you find them. I've always wanted a few as pets, which you can actually order. Obligatory: Language NSFW https://youtu.be/BsyZ7mfq11ATons of them in my area in PA especially now. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:15:05 AM EST
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It moved over a little bit last night but now its on the tree in front of the door, bastid. They arent doing a good job of keeping bugs out so this afternoon brake cleaner it is! Chlorinated... |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:16:40 AM EST
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Juvenile Xenomorph.
Run. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:19:47 AM EST
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Zorak is not amused: http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/Darrellbear/ZorakBlink_zps7wjmoege.gif THAT brings back memories. Ahh space ghost. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:23:14 AM EST
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:27:38 AM EST
[#14]
Florida Bark Mantis on a cedar tree in my back yard.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:31:54 AM EST
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Quote HistoryDevil's Flower Mantis 
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:34:26 AM EST
[#16]
the always fabulous orchid mantis
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:34:34 AM EST
[#17]
Nice captures!
Mantids are great insects. I had this one chilling in our basil plant for a couple weeks and feeding off the flies. It was fun watching her hunt. 
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Posted: 10/4/2016 8:49:48 AM EST
[#18]
They are kool op.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 10:21:45 AM EST
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Posted: 10/4/2016 10:30:50 AM EST
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Years ago, cruising timber, I watched a mantis snag a yellow jacket out of the air and bite its head off.
Scary indeed. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 10:35:42 AM EST
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I kept a female PM as a pet when I was a kid, she lived almost a year and got about 6" long. She would sit on your head or shoulder and bob like a leaf in the wind. Fed her crickets and grasshoppers. I see them all the time around the house now, one big female sits on the same branch of a bush out front every night. Related note, came out to a ~8" long stick bug on my wife's car the other day, haven't seen one of those that big in forever. http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/devtucker/IMG_20160924_204157153.jpg http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/devtucker/IMG_20160918_091246405.jpg A big mantis came flying into my boiler house here at work last spring and landed on my shoulder. Scared the jebeezuz outta me until I realized what it was. It stayed there for a few hours and finally flew off when I went outside. They're pretty cool for a bug. 
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Posted: 10/4/2016 10:49:42 AM EST
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One time, the port-o-cans that the camp grounds I used to frequent had what you could might call an infestation of praying mantis'. However these were all baby praying mantis, so it was kind of cute. At most these things were 1cm long.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 11:00:34 AM EST
[#23]
I used to have a pet praying mantis. She was cool.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 12:28:55 PM EST
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That's pretty funny. The good news is, I've never known them to be dangerous to people. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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When I was a kid praying mantis were something we read about, thought would be cool, watched videos in science class, ect. There were NONE, at all, in the Portland area when I was a kid. Moved away for several years, then moved back. Got a job framing houses. Picked up a stack of 2x4's, threw them on my shoulder, and started walking. Then I became aware of some bug climbing onto my head. About the time I realized it had legs on TOP of my ear, and legs BELOW my ear I wigged the F'k out. Tossed the boards and started slapping myself on the head like it had caught fire. I think my legs were doing something about relocating my body to another county, but each leg had it's own idea about what direction to go. Little did I know people had been importing the damn things. You would think that should be up on some sort of public notice at the airport. You know, "Attention, we now have gigantic bugs that like to crawl on your face, in case you haven't been around the last 10 years." That's pretty funny. The good news is, I've never known them to be dangerous to people. if they were the size of a Great Dane, man would have been extinct a bazillion years ago. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 12:36:15 PM EST
[#25]
Fist picture made me think of:
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Posted: 10/4/2016 12:46:10 PM EST
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That's pretty funny. The good news is, I've never known them to be dangerous to people. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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When I was a kid praying mantis were something we read about, thought would be cool, watched videos in science class, ect. There were NONE, at all, in the Portland area when I was a kid. Moved away for several years, then moved back. Got a job framing houses. Picked up a stack of 2x4's, threw them on my shoulder, and started walking. Then I became aware of some bug climbing onto my head. About the time I realized it had legs on TOP of my ear, and legs BELOW my ear I wigged the F'k out. Tossed the boards and started slapping myself on the head like it had caught fire. I think my legs were doing something about relocating my body to another county, but each leg had it's own idea about what direction to go. Little did I know people had been importing the damn things. You would think that should be up on some sort of public notice at the airport. You know, "Attention, we now have gigantic bugs that like to crawl on your face, in case you haven't been around the last 10 years." That's pretty funny. The good news is, I've never known them to be dangerous to people. That is true... perfectly rational thought that you should have basically no fear for a mantis that ends up crawling on you. However, it's tough to overcome the initial "holy fucking shit there's a bug on me that's huge get it off get it off get it off" feeling of an unexpected bug crawling on you, no matter how harmless it is. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 12:54:02 PM EST
[#27]
Several years ago, my daughter and I fed one bugs for an entire summer. It stayed in the bushes in front of our house, and was almost always out on the brick when we came from school/work.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 12:54:12 PM EST
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However, it's tough to overcome the initial "holy fucking shit there's a bug on me that's huge get it off get it off get it off" feeling of an unexpected bug crawling on you, no matter how harmless it is. I danced a funny jig in the kitchen in front of my wife the other day when I thought a yellow jacket landed on the back of my arm. Turned out to be one of those funky bee flies. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 1:52:36 PM EST
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Several years ago, my daughter and I fed one bugs for an entire summer. It stayed in the bushes in front of our house, and was almost always out on the brick when we came from school/work. That's pretty cool. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 3:09:03 PM EST
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I pulled a big praying mantis out of my truck's grille last week, and it was only mostly dead, so it was slightly alive. Its coloring had changed over to a brown-ish gold, which I hadn't seen before. It tried to fly away but was too messed up, and its back half was damaged badly, as well. I gave it a mercy-squish, but felt a little guilty about it.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 3:39:37 PM EST
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Posted: 10/4/2016 3:44:16 PM EST
[#32]
Gotta love insects that eat their mates.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 3:56:25 PM EST
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Posted: 10/4/2016 4:14:58 PM EST
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The execution of the OP made me laugh so hard, just showed one of the guys I work with because my face was beat red
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Posted: 10/4/2016 4:15:37 PM EST
[#35]
its reptilian like Obammy and Killary Cuntonious
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Posted: 10/4/2016 4:17:57 PM EST
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Cool pics. I get a bunch of those guys and its creepy cousin, the Dobson Fly (not my pic), on my windows at night. Light attracts the smaller bugs, and smaller bugs attract these two. http://i1328.photobucket.com/albums/w529/afroney/Male%20Eastern%20Dobsonfly_zpsvv7koter.jpg Yep everybody likes to hunt over bait..... 
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Posted: 10/4/2016 4:23:21 PM EST
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That is a female, cleaning her ovipositor. . It just got back from the range?
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Posted: 10/4/2016 4:24:30 PM EST
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Female mantis autocunnilingus.
Reported. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 4:27:05 PM EST
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See, I did not know that a Mantis could rim themselves.
Add another knowledge nugget to all the nutty stuff I've learned from GD
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Posted: 10/4/2016 4:28:43 PM EST
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Any pics of an Atheist Mantis?
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Posted: 10/4/2016 4:34:31 PM EST
[#41]
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That's pretty funny. The good news is, I've never known them to be dangerous to people. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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When I was a kid praying mantis were something we read about, thought would be cool, watched videos in science class, ect. There were NONE, at all, in the Portland area when I was a kid. Moved away for several years, then moved back. Got a job framing houses. Picked up a stack of 2x4's, threw them on my shoulder, and started walking. Then I became aware of some bug climbing onto my head. About the time I realized it had legs on TOP of my ear, and legs BELOW my ear I wigged the F'k out. Tossed the boards and started slapping myself on the head like it had caught fire. I think my legs were doing something about relocating my body to another county, but each leg had it's own idea about what direction to go. Little did I know people had been importing the damn things. You would think that should be up on some sort of public notice at the airport. You know, "Attention, we now have gigantic bugs that like to crawl on your face, in case you haven't been around the last 10 years." That's pretty funny. The good news is, I've never known them to be dangerous to people. No. Not dangerous to people. But they cause you to do stuff that can be dangerous to yourself and other people, like lose control of your car while you're freaking out over the mantis getting into your face. However, let one of those damn things bite you and you'll learn that while they aren't dangerous, they hurt like HELL and will take out a chunk of skin if you provoke them into biting. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 5:25:09 PM EST
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The other morning I was leaving for work and as I turned to lock the door behind me there was a weird little bug on the frame. It spread it's arms out just like a mantis when it saw me. I took a picture of it with my Nexus 6p but it was too dark to come out properly. I'm assuming it was a baby mantis because it looked exactly like a mantis but much much smaller. This isn't my picture but it looked exactly like this and about as small: http://www.nhm.org/nature/sites/default/files/images/blog/DSC01857.JPG This is my picture. Sorry it's crappy. http://<a href=http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff503/nomadcity/IMG_20160929_054906.jpg</a>" /> Your little green red-eyed insect is Zelus luridus, a species of assassin bug. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 5:31:29 PM EST
[#43]
Being seeing a lot of them around here this year. Normally just one every few years or so but this year we have seen 3 in the last week. One was green the other two were brown.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 5:33:24 PM EST
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It just got back from the range? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That is a female, cleaning her ovipositor. . It just got back from the range? Nope. Just back from having the hubby for lunch.
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Posted: 10/4/2016 5:38:55 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Be honest......you'd do it too if you could.  |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 5:51:36 PM EST
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The other morning I was leaving for work and as I turned to lock the door behind me there was a weird little bug on the frame. It spread it's arms out just like a mantis when it saw me. I took a picture of it with my Nexus 6p but it was too dark to come out properly. I'm assuming it was a baby mantis because it looked exactly like a mantis but much much smaller. This isn't my picture but it looked exactly like this and about as small: http://www.nhm.org/nature/sites/default/files/images/blog/DSC01857.JPG This is my picture. Sorry it's crappy. http://<a href=http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff503/nomadcity/IMG_20160929_054906.jpg</a>" /> Your little green red-eyed insect is Zelus luridus, a species of assassin bug. Oh, I didn't know. I assumed it was a mantis because when it saw me come out the door it's arms went up like a mantis and it watched me. It was still pretty cool to see. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 10:47:35 PM EST
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Oh, I didn't know. I assumed it was a mantis because when it saw me come out the door it's arms went up like a mantis and it watched me. It was still pretty cool to see. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Oh, I didn't know. I assumed it was a mantis because when it saw me come out the door it's arms went up like a mantis and it watched me. It was still pretty cool to see. Like a mantid, Z. luridus is a predator and exhibits predatory behavior when it sees motion. |
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Posted: 10/4/2016 11:17:00 PM EST
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Posted: 10/5/2016 12:59:47 AM EST
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As a new beekeeper, this video really disturbs me!
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Posted: 10/5/2016 1:33:20 AM EST
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If I was a bug and was going to be eaten alive, I'd hope the mantis started with my head first.
Imagine you're a human and after 15 minutes has passed and something with a mouth the size of a human eating you alive from your feet and it only go to your ass Nature, you scary! |
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