Orchid mantis Jun 28 2008
16 comments Latest by Habeeba Nikhath
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16 comments so far
Eric 28 Jun 08
That is so cool
Arthur 28 Jun 08
Did anyone else think of the movie Adaptation and those shots of flowers who evolve to be paired up with bees?
James Deer 28 Jun 08
Your pet?
Seth 28 Jun 08
I bet he gets all the chicks.
judy 28 Jun 08
Those orchid photos are superb. Can you say what camera and settings and did you edit them in photoshop?
Steve Rose 28 Jun 08
Marvelous. I’m wondering why a flower would evolve to have an apparent insect predator right in the middle of it. What survival benefit would that provide?
Adam Kalsey 28 Jun 08
Steve: That’s not a flower that looks like a mantis. It’s an actual mantis inside the flower.
pam 28 Jun 08
The Orchid Mantis is easily the most well-known and popular mantis pet in the world! They are different colors at different ages. As 1st instar hatchlings, they resemble ants with black bodies and red legs. After they shed their skin one time (2nd instar), they become white. After a few molts (sheds), males gradually gain a brownish-purple “necklace”, while females’ necklaces turn green. Other than that, sexing Orchid Mantises is the same as for all mantids…females have six abdominal segments; males eight.
http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/hymenopus_coronatus.html
Jake 29 Jun 08
That is fucking amazing.
Josh Lewis! 30 Jun 08
@Steve Rose, My assumption is that the mantis evolved to hide in the flower, not that the flower evolved to help the mantis.
FredS 30 Jun 08
In action: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CFM61hNjND4
Ginsky 30 Jun 08
Incredible protective coloration on that first shot – had a hard time locating the mantis! Awesome shots and my first exposure to this particular variety of mantis.
john 30 Jun 08
she is beautiful! I love how alien the mantis looks.
Kirsten 30 Jun 08
Whoa, how incredible! Thanks for the info, Pam; I was wondering if they had chameleon-like qualities or if this one matched that particular orchid so precisely by chance.
Dan Ackerson 01 Jul 08
Nature’s designs are the ultimate in usability and simplicity. :P
Habeeba Nikhath 03 Jul 08
At first I thought the flower resembled the mantis. Then in the subsequent picture the mantis was staring back at me, daring me to deny its existence… I had to give in…
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