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Insect that looks like a wasp but crawls like a praying mantis is captured devouring a fly
The Daily Mail ^
| August 27, 2015
| Sarah Griffiths
Posted on 09/04/2015 3:47:58 PM PDT by EveningStar
Full title: The stuff of nightmares! Insect that looks like a wasp but crawls like a praying mantis is captured devouring a fly (after ripping off its prey's legs)
If you have a fear of creepy crawlies, you may want to approach with caution. A YouTube user has captured a mantidfly, which looks like a wasp but has the front legs, sharp jaws and bulging eyes of a praying mantis, tucking into a small fly.
The video shows the active hunter feasting on the fly's body, which it holds in its front legs and nibbles on like a human stripping a cob of corn or a pork rib.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: cryptid; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; gilligansisland; insect; mantidfly
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To: TomGuy
You mean like the “Zanti Misfits” of Twilight Zone?
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09/04/2015 5:37:23 PM PDT
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John S Mosby
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: chrisser
It is marked much like a hornet or wasp but just hovers around, generally staring at us as if curious. Never gets annoyingly close nor shows any signs of nesting or any aggression.
Just your friendly neighborhood NSA surveillance drone.
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09/04/2015 5:52:17 PM PDT
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fr_freak
To: EveningStar
Aw yes ... they are cute when they are small and eating a fly. But before you know it! ...
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posted on
09/04/2015 6:38:56 PM PDT
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CapnJack
To: EveningStar
This reminds me of that “Outer Limits”, black and white, with the large ant-like critters with faces that landed on Earth.
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
09/04/2015 11:27:04 PM PDT
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Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Do NOT look in HELLry's closet! REPEAT: Do NOT look in HELLry's closet!
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09/04/2015 11:31:31 PM PDT
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Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: EveningStar
“It’s a bug-eat-bug world out there, Princess.....one of those ‘Circle of Life’ kind of things.” - Hopper (A Bug’s Life)
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09/04/2015 11:37:19 PM PDT
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dfwgator
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