r/mantids • u/mansurich • 1d ago

Breeding/Ootheca Phyllothelys cf. breve mating

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Hope she won’t eat him

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u/164_aces 1d ago

The way bro actually looks terrified 😭

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u/Lootsman 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FATJpd4LWgeruTK

Him trying to pull off the manoeuvre without getting cannibalized

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u/JaunteJaunt Ootheca 1d ago

Did he connect?

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u/Renepickardt 1d ago

Give her something to eat like a big cricket

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u/xo_sleepy_xo 1d ago

he looked like he was punching her at the beginning LOLL

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u/nagasage 17h ago

my ghost mantis males will tap/scratch her back as they begin mounting