weird!!!! mantid fly.

[dodolah]

Lately, i am very into keeping mantises and months ago I got my first mantises.
While researching on the net, I found a very funny looking image of insect.

Never seen it be4. In fact, i never knew it exist. Apparently, native to Canada and north america.
very rarely found. So, if you find it, take a picture and let them go, please.

Eventhough they resemble one, they are NOT species of mantis at all.
They are voracious predator and love eating spiders

http://schmidling.com/mantfly.htm

They looked like a result of love affair between wasp and preying mantis.

 

[royden]

Awesome! I love mantids. That looks like a wolf in sheeps clothing to me.



Well..I guess a wolf in bears clothing maybe.

 

[Lizardlover]

Woah! thats awesome, how big do they get

 

[ColorCham427]

wow, something out of a freaky movie. They're very interesting looking! Love to read up about them!

 

[SSimsswiSS]

I caught one last spring, and kept him for awhile in a deil cup. ( think Brad ID'ed him for me here on the forums) Fed him fruit flies. Just like a mini mantis. I let him go after the novelty of having a weird bug wore off

 

[Chameleonboy]

Looks like a wasp mantid and a firefly. I have never seen anything like that around here.

 

[bucky]

That would scare me,I hate wasps.

 

[dodolah]

see it in action... the way the pincher fold is kinda creepy unlike preying mantises.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr34zdk7588