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joecapricorn In reply to KaprosuchusDragon [2016-08-10 23:24:57 +0000 UTC]

No, it's actually not a mantis!

They aren't even close to a mantis, despite their strikingly similar shape. Mantispids or Mantisflies are Neuroptera. This order includes lacewings. They go through complete metamorphosis, so they hatch into larvae (most mantisflies feed on spider eggs as larvae) before pupating and then emerging as adults. Mantises, on the other hand, have nymphs that resemble adults.

There are other insects with raptorial legs as well. Certain Hemiptera have them, such as thread-legged bugs and some waterbugs.

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NightFuryTerritory In reply to joecapricorn [2018-06-17 18:10:51 +0000 UTC]

Specific Explanations ≠ Necessary

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joecapricorn In reply to NightFuryTerritory [2018-06-17 19:24:07 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, but I like talking about bugs.

Bugs are neat, bugs are cute, bugs are interesting. I keep bugs as pets ^_^

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NightFuryTerritory In reply to joecapricorn [2018-06-17 21:12:59 +0000 UTC]

But u dont need to be overly specifically XD

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joecapricorn In reply to NightFuryTerritory [2018-06-17 22:20:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I've been known to go on far longer and buggier tangents than that.

And it always amazes me that the general mantis shape of front raptorials isn't unique to just one family of bugs, or two families of bugs, but several. There are predatory Diptera that have raptorials. Some Chalcidid wasps have a reverse set up, raptorials on their hind-most legs.

As for this mantisfly, another really neat thing about them that this picture doesn't really show is that their eyes have iridescent star-like rainbow patterns.

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NightFuryTerritory In reply to joecapricorn [2018-06-18 00:17:46 +0000 UTC]

OH NO
IVE BECOME INTERESTED

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KaprosuchusDragon In reply to joecapricorn [2016-08-11 08:55:23 +0000 UTC]

ok

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