mantis vs. cockroach

Schalla, an unidentified species of praying mantis, eats a deaths head cockroach (who puts up a fight!). Both these creatures belong(ed) to insect enthusiast Thomas Jenns in the UK, who filmed the encounter, not me.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• praying
• mantis
• deaths
• head
• cockroach
• insect
• attack
• eat
• thomas
• tom
• jenns
• schalla

[morton1235]

I hope thats a false death head roach because i have 3 true death heads and there great beutiful pets!

[karrilla]

Nope, it's a real one! Tom keeps them as pets too, but has too many now, and Schalla's got to eat something! : P

[TheEhs22000]

Better to be the mantis in this one

[Diatomus]

pure cockoach, being eaten alive sure hurts

[wzuppitbullz]

nice mantis big cockroach

[kris48267]

tht cockroach is hard core dude

[104dragonman]

There's another way to kill a cockroach

[GT5Enthusiast]

1:45 OMNOMNOM

[ilovemoviessssss]

it's my first time feeling sorry for a cockroach. and that praying mantis must've been hungry! i was interested in watching a praying mantis vs cockroach video though, so thanks for a good video :D

[Shawnbfromsd]

Aren't we all glad mantids are small? O.O I know I am...

[JoeCapricorn]

Mantis might be an African mantis of genus Sphodromantis, unless this was caught wild.

Could be a Stagmomantis, but the wings look a bit too long (in females they don't extend past the abdomen) - if this mantis was caught in the wild (and your location is eastern/south east United States) this species is possible.

Definitely not a Chinese mantis, the white oval "eyespot" on the wings isn't on Chinese mantises, but are on Sphodromantis and Stagmomantis, and Hierodula and Rhombodera...

[neoman289151]

Mantis: The Chuck Norris of bugs(Strong and resilient)

Cockroach: The hobo of bugs(weak yet resilient)

[JaguarRVP]

Roaches give me the chills!

[IchiJewSan]

i like how its upside down