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A small praying mantis that was born just three days ago walking on my hand.

When kept in captivity, in a confined space, mantis larvae actively attack each other. But in nature they manage to settle before it comes to mutual destruction.

Feeding the little mantis with fruit midges at home

Little praying mantises are very curious and nimble. They already look like adults, although they still have up to eight molts.

These cute kids are only two days old, but they are already acquiring the formidable appearance of an adult praying mantis :)

Praying mantis feeds exclusively on live prey and behaves among peaceful six-legs insects, like a tiger devouring living beings. Feeding the common praying mantis at home. In this video, the praying mantis is caught and ate a butterfly. A praying mantis will attack anything that moves because he is a real predator. Praying mantises are omnivorous and can attack any insects or small animals.

They lived happily ever after and died on the same day. ------------------------------- when they were alive: https://rumble.com/vn2m4r-amazing-view-two-praying-mantises-different-colors.html?mref=78na&mc=2c880

I managed to photograph how the praying mantis gives birth to offspring. The intervals of oviposition after copulating depend on the food intake and the overall physical fitness of the female. On average, 11 days are needed for the female to form and deposit an ootheca, which contains around 100 to 200 eggs. Copulation usually takes place in September or October, but the eggs overwinter and the larva do not hatch until the following spring. Hatching is strongly influenced by environmental conditions such as temperature (at least 17 °C) and humidity. Females prefer to deposit their eggs on solid substrates at warm and sunny sites. Most eggs from one ootheca hatch at the same time along the entire convex site, as worm-like prelarvae. The hatchings always occur in the morning. ---------------------------------------- Sound from free YouTube audio library (free use, attribution not required): Drifting at 432 Hz - Unicorn Heads (No Copyright Music)

This morning, walking along the fence, I heard a strange noise. Turning around, I saw a ginger cat catching a crow. Other ravens tried to save their kindred by attacking the cat, but this was unsuccessful. The cat left with the prey.

Feeding the common praying mantis at home. In this video, a mantis caught a spider. But this time the praying mantis was left without dinner - the spider turned out to be nimble and, seizing the moment, deftly escaped. The praying mantis will attack anything that moves, because it is a real predator. But he is also not always lucky :)

A green mantis has been living in my house since summer. I recently got a brown mantis. The video captures their first face-to-face meeting. These are two praying mantises of different colors, but the same species. These are two females. It was funny to watch this scene, but it was scary that they would now rush at each other) to eat) ---------------------------------------- Music from free YouTube audio library (free use, attribution not required): Silent Partner - Get Back Up (No Copyright Music)

When we were feeding the pigeons, we noticed that one of them was very cocky. He drove all the other pigeons away from food and tried to peck. This is probably the leader of the pigeon flock 💪.

I once saw a video in which a frog tries to catch a non-existent fly on a smartphone screen and decided to repeat it with a praying mantis. And I was really surprised when it worked. The praying mantis really thought that this fly was real and tried to catch it.

Praying mantis feeds exclusively on live prey and behaves among peaceful six-legs insects, like a tiger devouring living beings. However, in his appearance, except for the deadly hunting tools, there is nothing to inspire concern. He doesn’t even have a lack of elegance, thanks to his thin waist, elegant delicate green color and long wings. He does not have huge jaws opening like scissors; on the contrary, his head ends with a sharp beak, as it were.

Behind the scenes: while we were filming how the praying mantis hunts a grasshopper, our cat became interested in the process and, it seems, began to hunt our praying mantis. here is a video with a grasshopper: https://rumble.com/vmepj3-the-praying-mantis-quickly-caught-and-ate-a-grasshopper.html?mref=78na&mc=2c880

Feeding the common praying mantis at home. In this video, the praying mantis is caught and ate a grasshopper. A praying mantis will attack anything that moves because he is a real predator. Praying mantises are omnivorous and can attack any insects or small animals.

Feeding the common praying mantis at home. This time, the praying mantis got a wasp for lunch.

Feeding the common praying mantis at home. This time, the mantis got a caterpillar for lunch. Praying mantises are omnivorous and can attack any insects or small animals. The main thing is that the object of the hunt should move .

Feeding the mantis with a big spider - amazing spectacle! A praying mantis will attack anything that moves because he is a real predator. Cool video!

Feeding the mantis with a dragonfly - amazing spectacle! A praying mantis will attack anything that moves because he is a real predator. Cool video!

Feeding the common praying mantis at home. In this video, the praying mantis is eating a fly. A praying mantis will attack anything that moves because he is a real predator. Praying mantises are omnivorous and can attack any insects or small animals.

Here is the hummingbird of the insect world, namely The hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum). Those who first meet this amazing insect often confuse it with a miniature hummingbird, in fact, this is an ordinary butterfly of the hawk family. But you can't argue with the fact that there really is something similar in their appearance and habits.

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These days there is a strong heat, even the birds can not stand it. Here is one of the birds that has lost strength due to the extreme heat - The cinereous tit. We picked her up exhausted on the road, brought her home and gave her water to drink. As soon as the bird came to its senses, we immediately released it into the wild. We hope that everything will be fine with her.