tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post3020491690690123670..comments2024-03-13T19:28:05.813-04:00Comments on Ohio Birds and Biodiversity: Chinese MantidJim McCormachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-30032701630560081782010-12-06T23:14:35.586-05:002010-12-06T23:14:35.586-05:00Very nice vid, Bill, and that's probably about...Very nice vid, Bill, and that's probably about the last sight a mantid's victim sees.Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-52071481982945678012010-12-06T22:38:35.407-05:002010-12-06T22:38:35.407-05:00This one was interested in my camera last summer.
...This one was interested in my camera last summer.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwDDxGRDGlI<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Bill Hull<br />Cincinnatimangoverdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750933606313879737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-36744822189675133172010-12-04T13:34:45.811-05:002010-12-04T13:34:45.811-05:00Hmmm... thanks for the warning, Randy - guess we&#...Hmmm... thanks for the warning, Randy - guess we'll have to be a bit more careful with these beasts!Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-26626481841829353602010-12-04T09:10:50.558-05:002010-12-04T09:10:50.558-05:00Did you ever see what happens when a human receive...Did you ever see what happens when a human receives a bite from one of these? When I was a boy, our neighbor lady was bitten on the hand and her hand swelled up like a catcher's mitt! It was red, hot, and huge!!Randy Kreagernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-15852181477774715372010-12-04T08:19:43.548-05:002010-12-04T08:19:43.548-05:00That's a very cool story, Linda! Major turnabo...That's a very cool story, Linda! Major turnabout is fair play situation, with the Alpha insect eating the insect-eating reptile!Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-34389032553673135062010-12-04T00:16:12.614-05:002010-12-04T00:16:12.614-05:00I taught 7th grade Life Science for many years. I...I taught 7th grade Life Science for many years. I had a large plexiglass cage and I would raise fruit flies and Chinese Mantids in the fall. The students would catch Mantids for me. We would put a female and multiple males in the cage. She would mate multiple times with usually only the males' wings and legs on the cage floor in the morning. The female would lay eggs in October and/or November. In the indoor cage, she would die usually in early December. In December or January, the eggs would hatch with hundreds of babies. The baby mantids would eat the fruit flies, each other and anything else in the cage. In the end (April/May) there would be a couple of mantids left that we would release outside. <br /><br />I had a student catch and bring a couple of fence lizards from southern Ohio. The only cage I had set up was the mantids large cage so I put the lizards in that cage until I had a planning period at the end of the day. I was teaching and one of my students sort of freaked out. I ran to the cage and the female mantid was eating the lizard's head so I covered the cage and just let her eat all she wanted out of the sight of the students. 8th period, I got the other lizard out of the cage plus the remains of the deceased headless lizard. Chinese Mantids really got my respect.Lindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-29552590802798202692010-12-03T15:11:01.179-05:002010-12-03T15:11:01.179-05:00Hi Pam,
Apparently Chinese Mantids are variable i...Hi Pam,<br /><br />Apparently Chinese Mantids are variable in color. I don't know if it is an age thing, with older individuals becoming browner, or what. Not a very satisfactory answer; maybe someone else knows.<br /><br />Cool Grass-like Mantid, Vince!Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-55904066583409127792010-12-03T13:39:32.117-05:002010-12-03T13:39:32.117-05:00Sounds like you were scarred, literally and figura...Sounds like you were scarred, literally and figuratively, by the mantid, CM wren!Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-39371157614871787402010-12-03T13:08:49.284-05:002010-12-03T13:08:49.284-05:00Does this Chinese mantid also appear in brown? The...Does this Chinese mantid also appear in brown? The last one I saw this season looked like yours but was brown on the top (wing portion). Thanks for your graphic description of the mantis habits(HA).pambirdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-39661135587302168312010-12-03T12:49:32.791-05:002010-12-03T12:49:32.791-05:00Check out this mantid I photographed down here in ...Check out this mantid I photographed down here in Florida:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/leppyone/4917994717/Vincent Lucasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-84303316453523551252010-12-03T12:30:27.735-05:002010-12-03T12:30:27.735-05:00When I was in fifth grade our class had a lid on o...When I was in fifth grade our class <i>had</i> a lid on our egg-case jar. How were we to know that when we took off the lid to reduce the condensation in the jar that the wee bitty mantids would take the opportunity to hatch?! With similar results to yours...<br /><br />And yes, those are formidable claws mantids have. I don't recommend picking up one that has been stepped on and had its head smashed: the brain is no longer capable of sending out signals to the body. It took someone else with two hands free to pry the thing off my finger. That would have been about sixth grade, and to this day I don't pick up large mantises... *lol*Wren nests in...https://www.blogger.com/profile/17892263703645385206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-28767084992506366472010-12-03T06:48:19.902-05:002010-12-03T06:48:19.902-05:00Hi Carol,
Yes, we've got at least one native,...Hi Carol,<br /><br />Yes, we've got at least one native, the Carolina Mantid, a much smaller animal, and far scarcer.Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-30012077246970633972010-12-02T21:58:43.043-05:002010-12-02T21:58:43.043-05:00It never occurred to me that the mantids were intr...It never occurred to me that the mantids were introduced to the US. Are there any native mantids?Carol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.com