This is the most amazing cat ever!

thank you! Hehe

Don't fall for her traps! She'll bite your head off man.

That actually almost never happens in the wild! 8D

I hear that comment in a daily basis *cry*

LOL you and me both. You can't blame them, when even the documentaries featuring mantises play up the whole "IS HE GONNA GET ATE?? STAY TUNED" for the sake of drama. It drives me bonkers 8|
I'd bet even Nae would attest to much preferring honey treats over nasty man cranium!

How does one make their tablet fry?

by making it travel too much so that it eventually falls apart and rip the cords out and such haha!

KAWAII DESU~

* U* <33

there are some itty bitty mantis babies in my yard. x3 I saw dem.

So cute aaaahhh ;u;

We hatched some egg sacks for pest control and cuteness in our yard a few months ago - when ever I catch a rare glimpse of one now it always makes my day! ¦3 They're such neat little creatures.

They're amazing animals, they bring me so much joy. It's almost embarrassing how excited I am about mantises ; A; <3

Aww not at all! I felt the same way about moths when I raised them ;u;

The mantises we released were Carolina mantis, I believe? They were a native species. I'm really tempted to look into the exotic species available as pets though and set up a little tank habitat! ♥

if you're going in the direction of exotics, Heirodula sp. are amazing to own. They're fearless, and endlessly curious--they're my favorite genus to own so far. If I could, I'd just have a farm of Heirodula hahaha! Lucky for me, I can find them in the wild, where I live!

I also hear that carolina mantis make great pets, as well. They're certainly adorable, and unlike exotics, they are perfectly legal to own, breed and trade in the US! I actually recommend raising one of those in captivity first, before moving onto exotics :D

Oh that's good to know - thank you! I'll look further into owning them and then perhaps see if I can find any of the yard ones wandering about. :)

Ah! Good question!

I don't think any one really knows, but it's a pretty sound theory that it is related to light refraction and something that allows the mantis to see in the dark.
The black dot in their eye is not a pupil, it's caused by light refraction with in their optical organs, some people think that when it's dark out, this black spot simply expands, but since I've had mantises who's eyes have simply gone dark brown at night (with the "pupil" still visible), I actually doubt this theory.
Regardless, the unanimous consensus seems to be that it's not actually a physical change in the mantid's eyes, but rather an illusion cause by the way the light interacts with their eyes.

The black dot is just a reflection? Oh. That's why they always seem to look back at you. They have "follow me" eyes, lol!

I think Penh is my favorite mantid ever.

d'awww thank you!!

Oh I wanna hug her!! So cute!

Gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I love your cat blog, BTW!

Cute kitty kitty cat! <3

Beautiful mantis. The cat reference is going over my head by about a mile, but it's a beautiful picture, nonetheless.

Sweet!! She's so cute!
And those colours, you used a wonderful palette! I'm especially attracted by the eyes.

Hows yer book going?

I can't not favorite this.

Giraffes are awesome.

AhhhhhI am in love with these colours.
Yay insects! <3

Love the colors! Btw have you seen videos of them catching humming birds? It's amazing