Photo courtesy of Joan Young, 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Mantid Murderers<\/h2>\n
Despite being a veritable bully of the insect world, Giant Green Mantids need to be watchful of larger predators like birds and reptiles.\u00a0 To avoid being devoured by predators as well as to capture prey of their own, Giant Green Mantids rely heavily on camouflage.\u00a0 Naturally, their colouration allows them to blend in very well with their surroundings.\u00a0 However, Giant Green Mantids go one step beyond just looking like a leaf:\u00a0 they actually sway back and forth in a rhythmic fashion to simulate a leaf blowing in the breeze.<\/p>\n
Don’t Bite My Head Off<\/h2>\n
Giant Green Mantid males also need to be on the lookout. As with other Mantid species, the male Giant Green Mantid must be careful during mating as the females of the species are often cannibalistic and may eat their sexual partners.\u00a0\u00a0 Eating their mate provides the female with the energy required to lay her eggs, or ootheca, which is simply an egg case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cool Facts About The Giant Green Mantid Similar to other “Praying Mantids” species, the Giant Green Mantid is a medium to large mantid ranging in size from 60 mm to 80 mm (2.4\u201d – 3.1\u201d) in length. The centers of the Mantids eyes are more developed than the rest of their eyes and provide them with greater acuity, which may be why they tend to turn their heads at any moving object. The eyes of the Giant Green Mantid will change colouration.\u00a0 Specifically, as evening approaches, the pigment in their eyes will darken to a purplish colour, this allows them <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,3692,3696,3695,3694,4025,3693,2588],"yoast_head":"\n
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