Sometimes the female mantis gets very hungry and will eat the male while mating
because the female is big and bulky and the male is slim
The female praying mantis are famous for eating the male after mating.
the female mantis is big and bulky in appearance and is at least one inch longer then the male. the male is very slender and graceful looking.
the female praying mantis is famous for eating the male after mating that's life
Well, for a start, the female is larger than the male...The female mantis can eat its partner if he makes her mad enough during their compulation. But not if he doesn't bug her much. The male can fight back but hes no match for the larger female. Oh and, one more thing, the female mantis only eats the males head.Mantis Tip: Female mantis' are usually green and have 8 sections in their abdomin. Male mantis' are usually brown (like bark on a tree) and have 6 sections in their abdomin.
The segments on a praying mantis are just there so you can identify if it is a male or female in the early stages of it's life. A female's abdomen has at most 5 segments while a male's has about 7 or more.
By its abdomen. Female: 6 segments. Male: 8 segments.
The female does not. The male is often eaten by the female during sexx.
So the male mantis doesn't eat the baby. Another possibility is that the female eats the male to sustain her protein levels during pregnancy thus increasing the likelihood of healthy nymphs.
they don't eat themselves but the female will eat the male after they mate
If it is by their mate, than it would be the praying mantis. During mating the male fertilizes the egg and then the female bites off the males head... It would suck to be a male mantis...
well... when a female and a male mantis mate and are "done" IF the female is like starving( only when starving) she actually will eat her mate. the male will not eat the female unless also starving but that is more unlikely then a female eating a male. if you keep two mantis's in one cage or habitat, one might eat the other.