セミを捕食するカマキリ Mantis and Cicada

[TitsN0w0rGtf0]

i agree, usa!

[masa31030907]

食物連鎖。ライオンやトラがシマウマとか食べなければ、シマウマ­の数が増え過ぎて、シマウマたちが食べる草とかがなくなってしま­うのと一緒。すごいバランス。

[xXxSuppaKidxXx]

USA!!!

[rein0216]

カメムシ捕食させてみて！すごい臭うよカマキリとカメムシからｗ­

[tycmq280]

@rein0216 さん命わそまつに、したらだめだよ。

[tonitoniangri]

カマキリや、スズメバチ、クモみたいな方のおかげでセミやら、イ­ナゴやらカメムシの数のバランスがとれているんだね。いなかった­ら大変だぜ・・・

[morimorinomori111]

かわいそうだけど、カマキリも一生懸命に生きてるんだろうね。き­っと。

[zeeta456]

ほっぺたペロペロ愛撫してるみたいに見えたけど実際は生きたまま­バリボリくってるんだよね



[yossi40000]

俺も、カマキリが蝉を

捕食してるのをみたことある。トノサマバッタも食う、いわば昆虫­界の大食漢だから、蝉は余裕で完食

するよ。

[aaaa4611]

硬くて食えないだろｗｗｗ

[tkykful]

（カマキリ様が）腹が減ってせみをえさにしたそうです。

[daisukiakio]

仮面ライダー・・・。

[z28700]

以前カマキリからセミを助けたらカマキリから睨みつけられた。

[nooloo3000]

i wanna train a praying mantis just like a pokemon

[superbadkneegrow]

thats amazing whats the biggest spcies of mantis documented??? i wanna buy one train it bcome a tough mantis and fed on arger meals and then feed a giant centipede cuz im sick of those things ating th little mantises its horrible so im gonna get the mantis species a lil self esteem boost

[royalhunt0603]

せみまでくうかｗｗｗしかもましょうめんからｗｗｗ

けっこうせみの足痛いと思うんだけど、恐れずによくくらいついた­！かんどうした！おめでとう！

[HeroicOaf]

Boy that cicada sure is dumb. . .

[Saurabhinator]

what a slow painful death. :c

[koh502]

ある意味・・・グロ映像!

[furiizakuura]

顔に食らいついてる

[ASAGIRIJP]

セミの成虫は屋外では一ヶ月近く生きるそうですよ。屋内で飼育

した場合は一週間。セミの成虫の寿命が一週間というのは、屋内

で飼育して寿命を計ったら一週間程度で死ぬので、そこから間違

いが広まったのでしょう。セミは地上より外敵の少ない地中で7年­

[ASAGIRIJP]

も生きてきたし、カマキリは孵化した時から、多くの外敵の危険

に晒され、最長で一年しか生きられません。スズメバチといいカ

マキリといい、強いのだから弱者を労わるべきだ、という人間の

価値観を自然にまで持ち込む人は必ずいますね。

[keisuke121]

多分メスのカマキリでしょう？

交尾したからいっぱい食わなきゃなんないんだ。

[sbrand1000]

生きたまま食う

[DAhonither]

こんなでっかいのを食うのかあ。蟷螂はすげえ！

[yoshiumi0930]

土の下で７年も生きてやっと地上に出たのに・・・・・・・このク­ソカマキリがぁ！

[namuchiZDK]

どうせ一週間しか生きられないんだから見逃してやれよ・・・。

[bakatin0130]

めっさくってた

[tmcy82b]

ボリューム満点ですねw

マンガ肉にかぶりつく原始人みたい。

[Cesk3boy]

le ubieras tomado de frente  para ver mejor!

[syakusyana002]

見ていて「セミがんばれー！」と応援しくなったのは、私だけ？

[JnthnFRbn29]

見ていて「セミがんばれー！」と応援しくなったのは、私だけ

[annecountess]

好恐怖

[querim77]

mmm, brains, yummie!

[19881205sada]

カマキリかっこいいですね。

これだけの体格差を・・・・。

[Shigater]

このカマキリオスなのに珍しいね。

[sugiuranoboru]

うまいのかな

[MaximumCat]

This is a male Chinese Mantis, Tenodera Aridifolia Sinensis. The female of this species is the one most often reported as having caught things like hummingbirds, mice, etc. They are very strong, extremely aggressive, and grow up to 4 1/2" long (Males) or 6" long (Females).

[Magzone7]

birds...?

[MaximumCat]

Yes, very small birds will occasionally be eaten by large mantids. The Chinese Mantis is the largest, and therefore the most likely of all mantids to do so.

More often, birds eat mantids. It's just a question of size, and whether the two organisms come into close contact.

There are online pictures you can find of these eating tiny hummingbirds, and videos on YouTube showing the mantis eating mice, lizards, and snakes.

[Magzone7]

bloodthirsty things... i want one.

[MaximumCat]

They actually make great pets. The Chinese mantis is quite docile around humans if you are patient and learn how to approach them. If they believe you are a tree, then you are a nice place to wait for food. I have hand-fed them many times. Just be careful if you want to do that... they can grab forcefully with their raptorial forelegs. In addition, the spines on those legs will easily pierce skin, and their jaws can chew holes in you really fast.

As long as you are calm, it's no problem.

[Magzone7]

now i want one even more. but i live in finland. how to get one?

[MaximumCat]

I don't know the law in Finland, but you can purchase egg-cases from pest-control agencies in the USA. Each egg-case will hatch out around 150-200 nymphs (baby mantids). Just look and see if you can buy those as pest control. If so, make sure you have a tank that's warm enough for them. Has to be around 75-85 degrees Fahrenheit, with 30-40% humidity and full spectrum lighting during the day.

Baby mantids eat fruit flies, and get bigger food from then on.

Outside in Finland may be too cold.

[MaximumCat]

And look for the Chinese Mantis. (Scientific name: Tenodera Aridifolia Sinensis) You might want a couple of small (10-20 gallon) cages so you can separate a few of them in hopes of getting an adult female.

Unfortunately, they will eat each other from the time they hatch, so there is no guarantee you will end up with many survivors by the time they reach adulthood.

Still.. it's fun. =)

[Magzone7]

so i gotta watch 200 nymphs eat each other? fun. fruit flies are probably hard to catch, though. or get.

[MaximumCat]

You could also just catch some other really tiny food items.. or catch and kill larger insects, and gently hold the food right up to the tiny mantids' mouths immediately following the death of the larger insect. They will eat things that are placed at their mouths.. so do not let your skin get against the mouth of an adult... it's painful.

[MaximumCat]

If you do use the method I just described, make sure you offer a portion of the insect with a large diversity of nutrition. They will not thrive on just meat... they must ingest the exoskeleton, chitin and organs to help their nutritional balance.

[Magzone7]

hm... are regular flies or ants good for nymphs?

[MaximumCat]

Regular flies would be fine. Ants can kill small nymphs, so I would steer clear of those.

[Magzone7]

even one small ant can kill it?

are mosquitoes good, or can they kill a nymph too?

[MaximumCat]

Yes, ants are very strong and fight well for their size. Some ants will even spray formic acid from their abdomens upon an attacker or victim. Other ants can sting, and all can bite fiercely with their mandibles.

Mosquitoes are only dangerous to mammals and other large creatures. A mantis will make short work of them.

[Magzone7]

the summer food has been planned

[ogasappu]

セミって固くないか？

[zaiada]

セミはグロいと思いますｗ

昔は触れたんですけどね＾＾

[kai436423]

俺、カマキリに食われる前のセミを

助けた事がある。

[goldenlionjp]

生きたまま食われるのか

痛そうだな

[stevenrmc]

Excellent video . . . good camera work.

remarkable footage.

[ErikinBrazil]

Damn , how the hell did he manage to catch that heavy ass'd cicada . Wow . I have however seen larger mantids take humming birds already ..