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Odontomantis sp.
Found on a small grass patch along the road side ,
Spotted on Aug 25, 2013
Submitted on Sep 5, 2013
10 Comments
@ bherath20 ha ha ha Well sure they are lol you also have started calling them montiey ! !!!! :D :D
Leonardo Castro Thank you ! :)
Fantastic!
these montys driving me crazy PS
Thanx Adarsha !!!!
This seems like Asian Ant mantis ( Odontomantis planiceps)!
http://www.thefeaturedcreature.com/2012/...
http://usamantis.com/odonto_log.html
http://gconeyhiden.deviantart.com/art/Ti...
Thank you very much FaredinAliyevski :) , is there a way i can find out what species it is ? (photos are not much clearly showing details though ) ... Thank you Adarsha ! Neither did i knew about the ant mimicing behavior !
This is a nymph, so they pretend to be ants so the predators think it's an ant and won't eat it because most ants are ignored by predators due to their terrible taste.
Never heard about ant mimic behavior of Mantis! Amazing...
Thanx ! :)
ant mimicing mantis, nice one :)