Saturday, 26 March 2016

Half-wing Chinese mantis!

A abnormal half-wing Chinese mantis! so lucky to met this special girl ^ ^(I'm very sure this is Chinese mantis "Tenodera sinensis" )
my friend said it might be caused by injury of its wing-pad when she was in sub-adult instar, while I don't think there would be such a coincidence that four of her wing-pad got injured together. this Chinese mantis is only 6 cm long,which is much shorter than the average length of local Chinese mantis(8~9 cm),my assumption is she get molting just after pre-subadult.


mantis eats hornet

My tough girl (Hierodula longa) devour giant hornet!