Can we just appreciate mantis diversity in the world!! , in India there are many cool ones but im curious to see the ones across the world since I only know mostly abt my own country’s species :) here are a few that ive seen :) [large (19)] Odontomantis pulchra ^^ [large (20)] this amazing ba…

aww poor guy, ive yet to see these too I dont have a favourite exactly, its more like favourite families Hymenopodidae or flower mantises & Toxoderidae contain some of the wackiest mantises in my opinion :face_savoring_food:

This is my favorite sighting . My parents got the original printed on a canvas for my bedroom when I was younger. I find it hilarious that it is named the Giant Asian Mantis (yes, I know it’s a juvenile, but still). [image]

I remember when I first saw a baby giant asian mantis, I had a whole photoshoot with it :face_holding_back_tears: reminds me of that such a tiny baby :>

Old picture, but I found this one at one of my worksites a few years ago. Very feisty. Tried to fight me when I picked it up. This is one of my favorite pictures, too. [20200929_105327(0)]

I only wished that their diversity extended into Canada. Out of nearly 11,894 iNat observations of mantids in Canada, 8,434 are Mantais religiosa (European Mantis), 2,808 are Tenodera sinensis (Chinese Mantis), and…. 4 Tenodera augustipennis (Narrow-winged Mantis) followed by just two Stagmomantis…

[image] broacher: One can only pray, I guess. Pun intended?

Yeah, sorry. The ‘Dad-joke’ gene is pretty dominant in my genome.

I truly have a long story with mantises! First, the common European Mantis, so cool! Can’t get enough of these fellas! [1000074862] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314537008 , among 23 other obs of this species :upside_down_face: What’s cuter than a mantis? [1000074859] This dude! h…

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I’ve only seen one mantis since I started on iNaturalist, a dead Chinese mantis. They are invasive in my area but still cool

Do you have a favorite mantis?

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