are mantis(es) good for the garden or something? I dont think I've ever seen a live one in my backyard
Originally posted by: Eli
Aperature Priority AE mode, Flash: On, 1/60sec, f/7.1, ISO 50, -1 Exposure Compensation.. plus dusk(was outside) = black background.
That's really cool. Really great stuff. Damn.
Originally posted by: Eli
lol..
I've only ever found 2 or 3 full grown mantis around here.. Never had seen an egg case before I ordered them off eBay.
I got 2 Asian and one European eggcase.
The European mantis are little badasses! Much more aggressive than their Asian counterparts. They'll chase the asian ones around, lol...
Wow, that is cool...I don't know if Hawaii would take to kindly though with me importing Mantis eggs
Heh.Originally posted by: ROTC1983
Originally posted by: Eli
lol..
I've only ever found 2 or 3 full grown mantis around here.. Never had seen an egg case before I ordered them off eBay.
I got 2 Asian and one European eggcase.
The European mantis are little badasses! Much more aggressive than their Asian counterparts. They'll chase the asian ones around, lol...
Wow, that is cool...I don't know if Hawaii would take to kindly though with me importing Mantis eggs
I am sure Hawaii has some species of mantid. There are an estimated 1500 - 2200 different species of mantids with the common estimate around 1800. The greatest diversity is found in the tropical regions. Africa supports some 880 species, Asia 530, Oceania 165, the Americas 410, and Europe 24 species. In North America there are 20 species, 8 of which are in Arizona. :Q
They're really cool bugs. Scientists don't even know what class to put them in, so they get their own. They have large, compound eyes, which help give the mantis good eyesight, but it must move its head to center its vision optimally, much like a us. This has been an area of considerable scientific research. They have shown that a motion parallax is apparent in the mantis. By moving its head, it measures the distance between itself and another object. It measures an object's movement relative to its background, to gauge its distance. They have shown that this only works when both eyes are functioning. The use of binocular triangulation in relation to distance is seen as proof of stereoscopic vision, a feature normally only seen in vertebrates. :Q They are able to rotate their head 180 degrees, and visually scan a total of 300 degrees.
Ears occur in 60% of mantids, and are found on the underside of the mesothorax. The mantis is an auditory Cyclops, and having only one ear is a feature unique to the mantis, not seen anywhere else in the animal kingdom. The ear is a deep 1 mm slit that has cuticle knobs at either end and two eardrums inside. It is located in the ventral midline between the metathoracic legs. Interneurons in the metathoracic ganglia mediates hearing. The ear is tuned to ultrasonic frequencies of 25-60 kHz, with thresholds of 55 to 60 decibels. This is the range of bat's echolocation, supporting evidence that mantids, like lacewings, moths, and crickets, use hearing as a defense against predators.
They have been documented eating 21 species of insects, soft shelled turtles, mice, frogs, birds, and newts. :Q
For some reason my cat likes to party with these buggers. She roughs 'em up pretty bad whenever she catches one.
Those are some amazing pics! I thought about ordering some for my garden but the adults always kind of freak me out. I had one latch onto my head when I was about five and it forever scarred me. I must have ran three blocks screaming before I got it detached. Damn thing was bigger than my head.
Originally posted by: Eli
LOL!!...
They can get quite big, indeed. Up to 25cm! :Q
WTF!! 25cm?? NO WAY
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I got one of thoes egg things once from some garden store, and I followed the instructions, and put it outside on a plant, but it never hatched.
So, I decided to put it on my dest, and perhaps cut it open later. I forgot about it, and had them all over my room. I thought they might kill me in my sleep.
So, I decided to put it on my dest, and perhaps cut it open later. I forgot about it, and had them all over my room. I thought they might kill me in my sleep.
Really cool pics Eli! Here in Ohio we only have two species, and neither are native. They're pretty common in my area though.
I toyed with the idea of ordering some baby orchid mantids and an orchid like they would live in in the wild. I figured it would be very interesting (and photogenic) but a lot of trouble, and I never did it.
I toyed with the idea of ordering some baby orchid mantids and an orchid like they would live in in the wild. I figured it would be very interesting (and photogenic
) but a lot of trouble, and I never did it.Good job, I particularly like the lighting.
Do you know what the fine is for harming one around here? I think it's about $500.00! Careful!
Do you know what the fine is for harming one around here? I think it's about $500.00! Careful!
That's what it says.. I imagine those are some of the tropcal ones from Africa, or something. It does say they can eat small birds, mice, frogs... :QOriginally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Originally posted by: Eli
LOL!!...
They can get quite big, indeed. Up to 25cm! :Q
WTF!! 25cm?? NO WAY
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Cool! I hatched a batch of baby mantids once. In the end, only two big ones were left
The first thing I wondered is WTF do they eat? Shoulda guessed the answer'd be in the thread, thank you.
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