Originally posted by noelcmn The largest Mantis I have ever seen- length about the size of my hand
I have only seen one in the wild. It was on the side of the road in Thailand and I thought it was dead. It was the size of my hand. I picked it up and it bit me. I flung it as I jumped. It scared the crap out of me.
This one was big too but only about 80cms. I measured it and it was surprisingly or not, not afraid. I think it sensed if it jumped at my face I would have had a heart attack.
heres a couple color variations. Blue is neat. The other one was hiding from a spider stuck with that drop of water on it.