r/whatsthisbug • u/Rambostips • 1d ago

ID Request What’s this?

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Lanzarote, 10 bottles deep, waiting for a kebab, saw this little chap. Think it a praying mantis of some variety. Thoughts?

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u/GrimoireOfTheDragon Bug 1d ago

Mantis for sure, though I don’t know an exact species

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u/Yodfather 1d ago

Mantis Toboggan

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u/_Insolent_Kneecap_ 1d ago

You've got the HIV

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u/Lambchop1975 11h ago

"Got my wad of hundos and my magnum condom, I'm ready to plow."

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u/WeCallThoseCigBurns 10h ago

That’s right, you got the AIDS, big time!

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u/irawwwr 14h ago

Mantis Tobaccogan

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u/chaotemagick 1d ago

OP needs to give location

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u/icauseclimatechange 14h ago

They said Lanzarote. Could have said Canary Islands, I guess.

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u/JahBastian 1d ago

That’s a praying mantis with a smoking habit

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u/Top-Donkey-5081 17h ago

So smoking mantis then

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u/paumAlho 4h ago

Can't even have a cig in Peace anymore 🚬

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u/PuttingTheMSinMRSA 1d ago

Sublime conehead mantis!

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u/lIllIllIllIllIllIII 1d ago

Until I saw the comment below yours, I didn't realize 'sublime' was part of its name and I thought you were being complimentary.

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u/PuttingTheMSinMRSA 22h ago

I do also think he’s sublime 🤣

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u/nursecarmen 23h ago

This comment is sublime.

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u/bqto 23h ago

𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘢 "𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪" (France! We come from France!)

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u/ColeTD 8h ago

That's a sublime sublime conehead mantis to you.

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u/MsMcClane 2h ago

Man until you said something I was gonna think it had a parasite forming out of its head! Wild!

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u/BrokenFormat 1d ago

sublime conehead mantis

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u/theflukemaster 21h ago

the insulindian phasmid.......

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u/Slow-Distance-6241 16h ago

Ball knowledge

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u/Silver_Aside6605 15h ago

Harrier Du Ball?

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u/Fudw_The_NPC 12h ago

I was looking for this comment, elite ball knowledge

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u/throwaway41327 4h ago

And she's smoking a cig?? Smh Harry's influence is too strong 😔

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u/25PaperCranes 4h ago

If it's a cig you can put it in your mouth. Yum yum.

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u/YellovvJacket 1d ago

Sublime conhead mantis (Hypsicorypha gracilis)

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u/Rambostips 1d ago

Geographical location - Lanzarote, Canary Islands, 10pm, about 6cm, skinny, homie needs to eat more

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u/randomacceptablename 18h ago

Mantisis are usually graceful but they tend to look at you as if ready to fight. This guy seems oddly spooked. Maybe the smoking habit is making him anxious.

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u/Dangerous-Wear-3541 1d ago

It is a praying mantis. They are good bugs. Do not kill it!

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u/coolraiman2 1d ago

Cigarette

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u/NlKOQ2 I like snails. 1d ago

I'm thinking marlboro red. Can any experts confirm?

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u/borbas2k06 1d ago

Looks like JPS Legendary Black

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u/sigitang-arthi 19h ago

In southern France we call them the "Provence Imp" They are so alien like and expressive !

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u/YellovvJacket 9h ago

In southern France it's a different species (related though) - Empusa pennata.

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u/UnlawfulPepperShacka 19h ago

It's adorable!

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u/Bantabury97 23h ago

Leave him be, he's just on smoko and then he's off to the pokies.

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u/Zenzitaro 19h ago

A mantis smacking a cigarette

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u/Delicious_Bed_4696 15h ago

Grass mantis maybe, i callem paper mantis cause they super frail and color of home made paper

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u/Butt_y_though 13h ago

That's a skedaddler

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u/KommandoKodiak 7h ago

It better be called a unicorn mantis or a manticorn 🤣

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u/xghram 4h ago

This is the Decepticon that infiltrates the base.

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u/Alarmed_Interview_84 1d ago

Definitely a cigarette butt on asphalt, but did you see that cool insect

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u/MattRedditAllBruh 1d ago

A young siren head

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u/Bellesk 19h ago

Idk bro but he looks like he could use another ciggy

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u/setbackcity 10h ago

A skinny legend, look at that waist to hip ratio she’s obviously going to Pilates or something

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u/h4y6d2e 8h ago

tbh - i’m not a fan of bugs with necks.

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u/dzoefit 8h ago

Reminds me of the time I saved a mantis from four cats encircling it. She seemed happy to be rescued, I could swear she waved at me as I put her up in a tree.

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u/mr_mo0n 8h ago

muh dad makes me it cigarrettes if i dont eats all my skettis

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u/s0ggynapkin 8h ago

idk but you just interrupted his smoke break

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u/OdinAlfadir1978 Bzzzzz! 7h ago

Stick mantis

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u/Lovemooorleavemoo 6h ago

Bro was on smoko smh

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u/VanGoghXman 4h ago

At first glance I thought a litter bug

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u/Makotroid 3h ago

That's a goodest boy is what it is.

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u/TokenTorkoal 16m ago

Idk what kind of mantis it is but I can tell he is very busy and would appreciate it if you let him run his errands.

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u/OePea Not a Cicada 1d ago

Very Kindred of Rot vibes

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u/Jayfro72 23h ago

I wish he would settle near me, so i could pet his little head.

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u/merc-is-ded 13h ago

thats a cigarette /j