Mantis Videos

Just a few videos I have taken of my mantids doing various things

Sphodromantis - One of my female African mantids eating a roach.

Sphodromantis - Same African mantid, same roach, different angle.

Sphodromantis - Sub Adult African mantid female catching a cricket.

P. paradoxa - Ghost mantid catching a cricket.

P. agrionina - Budwing mantid watching a cricket. Watch her mouth start moving in anticipation.

P. agrionina - Budwing mantid catching a cricket.

H. grandis - H. grandis ootheca hatching.

H. grandis - H. grandis ootheca hatching, part 2.

H. grandis - Closer video H. grandis nymphs hatching.

P. wahlbergii - Spiny flower ootheca hatching, part 1.

P. wahlbergii - Spiny flower ootheca hatching, part 2.

P. wahlbergii - Spiny flower ootheca hatching, part 3.

P. wahlbergii - Spiny flower ootheca hatching, part 4.

Sphodromantis sp. - African mantid female eating the male after mating, part 1.

Sphodromantis sp. - African mantid female eating the male after mating, part 2.