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Chet Troutpuncher
09-10-2012, 10:58 AM
I wish I would have brought my camera yesterday. Regular Wild Kingdom down in the Truckee River canyon. Saw a coyote, a mule deer, a rainbow, a brown and this guy. I didn't know we had mantis in California...

http://i.pbase.com/o6/52/363052/1/92649804.iVzeR2tP.PrayingMantis1.jpg

SHigSpeed
09-10-2012, 12:14 PM
I wish I would have brought my camera yesterday. Regular Wild Kingdom down in the Truckee River canyon. Saw a coyote, a mule deer, a rainbow, a brown and this guy. I didn't know we had mantis in California...

http://i.pbase.com/o6/52/363052/1/92649804.iVzeR2tP.PrayingMantis1.jpg

You mean like praying mantis mantis? They're pretty common in my neck of the woods. LOVE them. Super badass bugs - eat hummingbirds if given the opportunity.


_SHig

Scott V
09-10-2012, 01:33 PM
If you are talking praying mantis they are all over the Sacramento area. I see them on a regular basis, even have to save one of my car window every now and then.

Chet Troutpuncher
09-10-2012, 07:18 PM
Well how about that...

"When the Stagmomantis Californica mate, the mount can last for hours. Often during or after mating the female S. Californica devours the male, allowing the female to have enough protein to create an Ootheca. All S. Californicas have sensors near their legs that allow the praying mantis to lose its head and still function. This is good if the head is devoured during mating.[5]"

Kevin Goding
09-18-2012, 10:42 PM
The ultimate sacrifice for your kids. I'm pretty sure in some species, the male's head is an inibitor to genetic material transfer. One reason while typically the female removes the male's head during copulation.

Mike O
09-19-2012, 10:38 AM
They are especially cool when they fly. They are the largest flying insect I think I have ever seen. Freaky when one buzzes by your ear at night, even worse when they land in your wife's hair when she is siting next to you.

winxp_man
09-26-2012, 11:34 AM
I was fishing on the Bear river this summer and got to fish with one on my left shoulder for a while. Then it decided it had enough river travel with me and flew off :) They are cool insects if you ask me!

Dan LeCount
10-05-2012, 07:13 PM
Ran into a great big green one on the Truckee a few weeks back. Bigfly took some pics but keeps forgetting to upload. :rolleyes:

bigfly
10-09-2012, 04:13 PM
OK, fine Dan.....
Here you go.
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac260/Bigfly1/P9090518.jpg

And I raise you a Phasmid...
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac260/Bigfly1/PA030328.jpg

Darian
10-10-2012, 05:25 PM
Now that's a pair to draw, too. ;) love the photo's. Keep 'em coming.... :nod:

EricO
10-11-2012, 05:53 AM
Holy Crap...I think that's by FAR the biggest praying mantis I've ever seen.

Bet it could draw blood with those spikey forearms

Great pic.

EO

kokaneejr
10-11-2012, 07:06 PM
Hey I found a cooperative Mantis at work today. Somebody said there are native and non native Mantis. Anybody know the difference?
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t100/kokaneejr/IMGP6913_zpsc61dc013.jpg