Feeders Feeding?

[summoner12]

Tired of watching veileds grow week by week?

YES?

I figured.

Check out these mantids eating some silk worms.

Today I thought 'hmmmmm my mantis are probably hungry....' So I dropped a silkworm into the cup with my smaller mantis. It took a second and then POUNCE! I was impressed and ran for the camera!

I am not sure of the species of this mantis, so those who know, please chime in. My GF, Renee, found this mantis on the steps to our apt. yesterday.

This other mantis is from Steve, I think it is a Chinese mantis?

This guy didn't seem too interested.... The worm was swaying it's head around sniffing for mulberry....

Then POUNCE!

 

[jrtader]

Man those are some brutal pics So graphic, like some kind of killer caught in the act.

 

[ponders]

Ok, that was just a little too macro and too juicy! LOL Think I'll skip feeding silkworms to my mantis!

 

[Syn]

Dat slime

tired of watching veileds grow week by week?

 

[FroggtheCham]

Hhmmmm......I've always wondered what the inside of a silkworm looked like...... Wonder is gone.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Fabulous pictures. I love mantids and those are excellent shots.
thanks for sharing.

 

[summoner12]

Fabulous pictures. I love mantids and those are excellent shots.
thanks for sharing.

Thanks Sandra!

Mantids are very neat!

 

[warpdrive]

so gross yet so kewl at the same time.
great shots.

Harry

 

[amisela]

chinese mantis

If you caught it wild, it is most likely a Chinese mantis. Those are awesome pics.

My mantids and ooth should be arriving this afternoon. I am looking forward to getting similar results with controlling my dubia population. My cham has decided that the adults are too big. I will feed the excess adult males to the mantids.

btw, if anyone wants some breeding size dubia's I have extra for cost of shipping and packaging.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Thats awesome! Pretty gross..but awesome

 

[jamncristian]

I love mantis....... that was pretty digusting. Great pics though
are they able to eat that whole silkworm themselves??

 

[summoner12]

I love mantis....... that was pretty digusting. Great pics though
are they able to eat that whole silkworm themselves??

YES! lol It didn't take long either.

I'll wait a day before I try again.... I wonder how often they will want them... Good source of fluids, thats for sure.

 

[withlime]

If you caught it wild, it is most likely a Chinese mantis. Those are awesome pics.

The one that we caught wild (the first one) looks very different from the Chinese mantis. Its bright green and its back portion actually looks like a slim leaf.

 

[ColorCham427]

I'm ALWAYS tired of Veield pictures lol but these mantids are just awesome, those silks look tastey haha,nice pix dude, awesome professional quality.

 

[summoner12]

I'm ALWAYS tired of Veield pictures lol but these mantids are just awesome, those silks look tastey haha,nice pix dude, awesome professional quality.

Thanks man!

The smaller mantid is a California mantis... at least Steve thinks so by my description over the phone.

 

[jessica]

Nice pictures!

What kind of glass were you shooting with?

 

[sarah777]

EWWWW! Amazing shots though!

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

The Huge Dilemma!!!

Mantis are absolutely #1 on my chameleons menu. However they're just to awesome to feed out all the time.

 

[amisela]

Still may be chinese

The one that we caught wild (the first one) looks very different from the Chinese mantis. Its bright green and its back portion actually looks like a slim leaf.

That still may be a Chinese mantis. There is some variation. They are some of the largest mantids and can get up to 6". If it is in the 5-6" range, it probably is a Chinese mantis.

Whatever it is though, they look awesome. My nymphs arrived last night and are chowing done on some wild caught flies this morning. As soon as they get to some size, I will try to get pics posted.

 

[summoner12]

Canon is #1

Nice pictures!

What kind of glass were you shooting with?

I was using my Canon 100mm USM Macro lens