Mantidfly

Greetings , This would be my first thread

it will be short and sweet


The Mantidfly ! What the heck ?

i have never heard of them ,until i happened upon a video on Youtube .

en.wikipedia.org...

basically to me they look like a cross between a praying mantis and a wasp ! i found it interesting what about you ?




here is one in action ! my first thought was "this has got to be some good CGI"

Nature is Amazing !






Thanks for watching !

Walsh

ETD: i found a mantis ant to!! this is bizarre !

i seen this floating around on FB and other sites as well... is this for real or fake??

originally posted by: steve95988
i seen this floating around on FB and other sites as well... is this for real or fake??

its real , i provided the wiki and images and video

a reply to: steve95988
It's real.

They have been around for 180 million years.

That is pretty awesome! i would love to see one of these guys in person...
TO be honest i have never heard of these in my life

This is the stuff nightmares are made of...


Thanks for bringing something new to ATS at least. Awesome find!



The eyes are simply amazing. I also learned more about their Order, Neuroptera. I wouldn't mind making a post in the future based on their Order alone. Quite fascinating!

It is really interesting!

I searched and in laymen's terms it appears that it's larvae get inside a spider's egg sacs, feeds upon the eggs, then "hatch" from said egg.

I wonder if the female spider is aware of this?

originally posted by: steve95988
That is pretty awesome! i would love to see one of these guys in person...
TO be honest i have never heard of these in my life

same here ! i was baffled when i first watched the video

originally posted by: TNMockingbird
It is really interesting!

I searched and in laymen's terms it appears that it's larvae get inside a spider's egg sacs, feeds upon the eggs, then "hatch" from said egg.

I wonder if the female spider is aware of this?

parasitic !
creepy !

could you imagine one of these hatching out of your head ? or arm ? or leg ?

yuck !

a reply to: eisegesis

here is what was odd to me .

in the video the thing was moving like a wasp , normally praying mantis don't move like that ...

strange !!!!

Cool. Never heard of them. It appears to be mimicking a hornet. When his arms are retracted they look like eyes and mandibles.

originally posted by: skunkape23
Cool. Never heard of them. It appears to be mimicking a hornet. When his arms are retracted they look like eyes and mandibles.

Exactly ! , i just found a Mantis Ant ?
i added images to my OP , have a look !

a reply to: eisegesis

They're beautiful. Thanks for the xtra pics.

OP, I've never heard of these either and Praying Mantis are my favorite bugs.

Excellent deterent to look like a wasp, cool find never heard of such insect before.

Now imagine them being highly intelligent aliens 12ft tall :p

Man! This cool!

You found the dog of the insect world! Now I want one too!

Did you see it munch on that fly? It looked almost tasty by the reaction of your pet fly... lol

And a mantis ant? You must live in mantisland or something. Very nice!

Nature never fails to amaze me. I never heard of these insects either! I would love to hold one for a while, well...the prettier ones anyway. LOL

Never heard of them either. Cool.

Reminds me of The Fly movie. Imagine them human-sized.

a reply to: Walsh
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of entomology. There are some very weird and wonderful critters out there

Those are some of the creepiest looking creatures I've ever seen!

I"m sure to have a few nightmares now!

No way do I ever want to see one in person, let alone have one crawl on me!

I'm sorry but if I saw that thing in person I would have to kill it instantly! lol

But put me in the never heard of it before camp! I am fasinated by creepy crawlies but can't stand them in person near me! Especially spiders, they get an instant death sentence! I wish I wasn't so creeped out by em but can't help it XD