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June 22, 2022 08:08 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/06/22/this-cool-creature-might-look-like-a-wasp-and-act-like-a-mantis-but-the-mantisfly-is-neither-video.html
This cool creature might look like a wasp and act like a mantis, but the mantisfly is neither (video)
Check out the beautifully shot insect below, which I ran across on Reddit. With its yellow and brown-striped body and its extendable, grasping forelegs, it looks like a cross between a wasp and a mantis. But nope, it's neither. As I just found out, it's actually a Mantispid (or mantisfly or mantidfly), which are predators without stingers found from Costa Rica to Canada. — Read the rest
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/06/22/this-cool-creature-might-look-like-a-wasp-and-act-like-a-mantis-but-the-mantisfly-is-neither-video.html
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