Praying Mantis Vs Wasp | Wild Europe | National Geographic Wild

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Worker wasps venture outside the colony to seek the ideal building materials. However, even for the most aggressive wasps, life outside the colony holds no certainties. Despite the danger posed by the wasps' lethal sting, the praying mantis, a skilful wasp assassin and a camouflage expert, relies on its predator instincts and fearlessly strikes. As a result, it could be argued that the praying mantis is the most skilled insect hunter on the planet.
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@DarkVoidIII 7 месяцев назад

FYI: Preying Mantises don't "suck" the juices out of their victims. They have a set of mandibles that can cut through the hardest exoskeleton and literally munch away on the insect they've caught, solids and liquids being ingested simultaneously. If they're really hungry, they will sometimes consume a lot of the insect, but if they're getting full they might only munch on the tastiest parts and ditch the rest for some ant colony or lower tier scavenger to find.

@Wa-igi 6 месяцев назад

Praying Mantis usually avoid ants, infact most predatory insects avoid ants

@DarkVoidIII 5 месяцев назад

@@Wa-igiExactly! Preying Mantises are often on trees, in branches or foliage high above the ground, and drop whatever remains they don't want to the floor of the area they're in, where the ants are. It does not mean that they are close to each other.

@CP-vi8fy 4 месяца назад

@@DarkVoidIII "Pray" is different than "Prey". Whole different meaning.

@NM.Land2 3 месяца назад

❤

@iliya1933 3 месяца назад

@@CP-vi8fyBoth make sense in the context of mantises, even though only one is correct, though.

@randomdude7200 9 месяцев назад

When I was a teenager I read a sci-fi horror story called "Eat Them Alive" about a guy who trains giant preying mantises to get revenge on his enemies by eating them alive. It was very graphic and a bit shocking to read at 13 years old! Never forgot it tho!

@OceanSwimmer 7 месяцев назад

Mantids are one of Nature's miracles. They blend with vegetation so completely it's difficult to see them, even when you know where one has been hanging out. Year after year they return to our garden to feed, grow, reproduce, and lay eggs.

@teeanahera8949 Месяц назад

There are no miracles in nature, species evolve over millions of years to fit into their ecosystem.

@fonkamex 18 дней назад

Dear Mantis, thanks for your service to humanity.

@2611Jonatas 7 месяцев назад

1:20 Funny the little fly begging for attention at the mantis' arm.

@bennickss 11 месяцев назад

I wish there were mantises in the UK, would love one as a pet/wasp deterrent

@shinjilovrrr 10 месяцев назад

you can certainly buy one, but one that's captive-bred may not have the same lethality as a wild one

@peteacher52 9 месяцев назад

Come to NZ. There are two varieties; the endemic native specie with dark blue tympanic spots on its graspers and caffra, arrived from Sth Africa in the 70s and has spread quickly to become dominant and very common. Caffra is a little more voracious than the native but each will take wasps, time to consume, 20-30 minutes. If you want to keep one in a terrarium, realise that they only live for one year and that you will need to find a replacement each Spring. I made a detailed study of them about 25 years ago and the above is but a meer fragment of information.

@peteacher52 9 месяцев назад

Tricky buying a creature that has a limited life span. Dealer will tell you otherwise, but you need to know that what you are buying may already be 4 months or so old. Caveat Emptor. Mantids are hard-wired to do what they do so captive breeding does not diminish voracity. I've done it.@@shinjilovrrr

@doctordemon5076 9 месяцев назад

There are,but not in the pet store. Btw,usualy find them near or on thick trees! :)

@SpeccyMan 9 месяцев назад

@@peteacher52 Mere fragments prefer their letters in the correct order. 😉

@skyboom1961 7 месяцев назад

A mantis doesn't suck out it's brains 🧠, it eats them. I've watched them enough when I used to breed them.

@beterbocek6860 Месяц назад

Kültür yetiştiriciliği mümkün mü?

@TimmyTheToolman 8 дней назад

Exactly. It's not a spider. I've raised Preying Mantises and they devour everything they catch.

@jacksmales4973 Год назад

I used to have a praying mantis as a pet l. He was beautiful

@1mantiss1 9 месяцев назад

They don't bite?

@jacksmales4973 9 месяцев назад

@@1mantiss1 Some species do but mine didn't. He was an African Flower Mantis

@gezzly72 9 месяцев назад

They only live about a year ?

@jacksmales4973 9 месяцев назад

@@gezzly72 I'm not sure. It probably depends on the species

@lQuadXl 8 месяцев назад

@@1mantiss1Mantis only bite it's prey - insects! They're harmless to humans, awesome as a pet!

@SJHFoto 9 месяцев назад

Amazing footage, and cinemaphotography! National Geographic never disappoints! For decades, they have shown us nature and scenes from round the world, and in the best quality for the time period

@Slow-wipe 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for your service

@kylorenax5185 11 месяцев назад

That was really cool

@AnimalSOS2024 4 месяца назад

thank you very nice

@youtub3ian728 6 месяцев назад

Amazing.

@williamjueschke9960 2 месяца назад

I love these bugs, so amazing.😊

@NatureWonders2 Месяц назад

Wow amazing this vedio

@SuperMasterJuice 5 месяцев назад

Nat geo delivered

@bensmith7536 7 месяцев назад

Bill Nighy is a master narrator.

@voiceofexperience 9 месяцев назад

I LOVE MANTIS! ❤

@GeneralThargor 6 месяцев назад

I could watch hours of this.

@LaCheleWallace 9 месяцев назад

This is dope. Them po' wasps didn't stand a chance.

@SJHFoto 9 месяцев назад

The praying mantis actually doesn't use venom to drug its prey-just a quick ambush

@youtub3ian728 6 месяцев назад

@@SJHFoto they do use venom it's in their jaw.

@harrypoore 4 месяца назад

@@youtub3ian728that is completely incorrect. No mantis species on Earth possesses venom.

@polibot1 10 дней назад

There really is no limit to their appetite. When I was a kid, my brother and I caught one and kept feeding it grasshoppers. We thought it was just really hungry…until its belly split open. 😮

@spiritwhispers667 Месяц назад

brilliant

@RUGER5264 6 месяцев назад

Wow

@fnvfan0145 Месяц назад

I like how there's already a fly there saying hi and thx 4 the food.

@kerryappleton7843 6 месяцев назад

This is why praying mantises are one of my favourite insects

@dustintacohands1107 3 месяца назад

They way they look at you is hilarious they’re always ready to throw down

@Vmartket 11 месяцев назад

I found a mantis with a broken leg,I want to learn how to nurture it

@MichaelBecker-px5sy 5 месяцев назад

Alien Insect,wasp killer, The Mighty Mantis, Cool

@tearnorwood8076 Месяц назад

I’m here from the “series” of Buggin and now I see why butterfly, bee and ladybug want him on their team 😮lol

@larryg.9187 9 месяцев назад

... Holy cow Batman ! ...

@jordanhairston1267 Месяц назад

Literally the honey badger of the insect world

@richardscanlan3419 3 месяца назад

The Praying Mntis - doing God's work.

@manooch 4 месяца назад

0:49 It looks like praying mantis is more intelligent than we think, its head movements to look at something left right down and focusing and chewing is scary

@ryanohara476 7 месяцев назад

The only time that you ever only want a praying mantis to win!

@andydufresne8034 29 дней назад

What amazes me is that they know wasps sting and where the stinger is located on the wasp's body. How do you know these things without getting stung at least once in your life? I learned bees sting when I was stung at age four. Why didn't I have this knowledge of stinging somehow embedded in my instincts like other animals seem to? Instincts fascinate me. The things creatures known without having to be taught.

@RobynHood1021 2 дня назад

Gotta respect the praying mantis

@v.e.7236 9 месяцев назад

There are mantises large enough to catch/eat prey as large as a hummingbird. You can find them scoping out the nectar feeders people hang up for the hummingbirds - watched it happen in real time.

@ighosttoastgaming7414 10 месяцев назад

so syther is better than beedrill got it

@patremagilbert682 Месяц назад

Two deadly. One winner.

@lanceangelobaynosa Месяц назад

Praying mantis are prehistoric bug Not related modern bug

@jamieblake2823 Месяц назад

Braains!

@beterbocek6860 Месяц назад

Kültür yetiştiriciliği mümkün mü? Doğadan toplanarak çoğaltılabilir mi?

@fpostolache 7 месяцев назад

👍

@Doktor00Magnus 2 месяца назад

Any wasp predator is in my good books

@stevemorse108 5 месяцев назад

At forts I found praying mantises fascinating and almost charming when I ran into them but seeing there modus operandi is quite unpleasant.

@MiniAmbush Год назад

I’d wonder who will win when it’s a hoverfly-bumblebee vs praying mantis

@FardGaming_410 10 месяцев назад

Praying mantis its exoskeleton is made of the same substance as crabs so a bee sting would be nothing against the mantis

@Z7Sakari 6 месяцев назад

What the Mantis actually does more resembles burrowing headfirst into its victims eating everything along the way while they are still alive.

@Weebill007 6 месяцев назад

Now, if they only had acid for blood. LOL!

@MrRalphBraun Месяц назад

Hmmmm brains......

@PeterPan-nh7yx 16 дней назад

1:26 "Before suckin' out your brain ..." goddamn once I knew this girl 😎

@bobboberson2024 Месяц назад

You don’t need to embellish the way a Mantis eats. They don’t suck the brains out of any prey. They just eat it whole - alive. Mantids are a boss of insects.

@domonicmcleod4252 8 месяцев назад

As .uch as i enjoyed that Mantis eating wasp. Those wasp were small Could it do that to a Hornet or Pepsis Wasp?

@doodgeslagenmug 2 месяца назад

“Do you fear death?”

@The_X-PO_Center 11 месяцев назад

-Why universe hate Waspinator?!-

@xtreme1002003 4 месяца назад

Asian giant hornets: “Hold our beer”

@owaisshaikh5995 Год назад

Imagine if mantis were human sized..

@774game 11 месяцев назад

A lion or a tiger wouldn't even come close to the strength of a 200 pound Mantis

@larryc1616 10 месяцев назад

Any insect that's human size would eat us all 😮

@liorgold5303 9 месяцев назад

That's why we have weapons, we would just shoot them .

@AceofDlamonds 9 месяцев назад

that's completely false. Insects have poor inefficient circulatory systems. @@774game 200 lb mantis would not be able to support itself with an exoskeleton

@twoweeledsoto6072 9 месяцев назад

I could swear I've seen a couple of human sized.

@QUAEWEAN.LATEEF.ISRAEL. Месяц назад

I seen these live and in person insects by the name of the praying mantis in the county of Duval , city of Jacksonville , state of Florida , nation United States of America , continent of America ! When I was the juvenile age ! Guess where off of Pearl Street ! Not directly on Pearl Street you have turned down one of the streets on Pearl Street ! In the county of Duval I was not 13 years old when I saw them with my own eyes 👀 and there others present at the location !

@Rorschachqp 7 месяцев назад

If you have one close up, you can move around and its head and eyes will follow you.

@trikinuke 2 месяца назад

1:37 Stinger triggering...

@regamer3287 21 день назад

-hello-

@bruinsteel 7 месяцев назад

I am terrified of bees, wasps, and hornet I don't think I ever be on here cheering for a pray mantis. Lets go!!! eat those demons Mantis!!!

@allenw.3521 2 месяца назад

an excellent video, but a mantis can never eat "Countless" anything in minutes.

@andrewkim7725 3 месяца назад

Black cube in the middle east - Prayers

@BigstickNick Месяц назад

The insect world is brutal…

@maatspinoriginal2586 4 месяца назад

You call that venom but it's nothing more than a delicious sauce

@ytsux9259 7 месяцев назад

I wonder who or what the praying mantises pray to. 🤔

@justayoutuber1906 7 месяцев назад

Sadly, they also eat honey bees.

@aaron-dd5zr 15 дней назад

Did you see that Hyena fly trying to get some

@gora2497 3 месяца назад

Some mantis even prey on kolibri bird. Good to know there're no mantis the size of large dog. Otherwise human will be their prey.

@holyn8 18 дней назад

1:28 if they are lucky...

@caseywood9781 8 месяцев назад

They don't suck out the brain

@claytoncarey2730 2 месяца назад

If the Praying Mantis was going up against a Hornet Queen or a mud dauber wasp, the result would be the opposite, I seen wasps carrying giant mantises underneath my mom and dads house to their nest

@comepuchas990 7 месяцев назад

12.10.23😮

@EasilyIrritatedimp 7 месяцев назад

Countless wasps (we forgot to count them ;3;)

@bankylaw3745 4 месяца назад

Plot Twist: You thought they were referring to the Mantis when he said..."The most masterful insect killer on the planet" if you watch again the background you'll find footage of me with rolled up news paper.

@doctordemon5076 9 месяцев назад

Assasin its an entity,who sneack up on you,and try to kill you,on another person command! Who is the smarty who came up with this name!?!? If you hunt to eat,you are not an assasin!!! Do all hunter and fishermen in the world,are assasins!?!?! Are they!?!? HUH!!? 😮

@walnic93 5 месяцев назад

Sucks the juices out of its prey... come back next week where we learn that preying mantis spins beautiful webs across rivers in the rainforest

@easypeezy03 9 месяцев назад

Wasps stand zero chance against mantises

@user-xy6lc6fk4h 4 месяца назад

What about Japanese wasps ?

@noseefood1943 4 месяца назад

Just count our blessings that PMs are not 6 foot tall

@SgtScorpious 7 дней назад

Mmmm Wasp Brains

@user-ni7tg5fg9k 2 месяца назад

never a mantis near wasps

@reverseuniverse2559 Месяц назад

Must pay to pray

@weylandyutanicorporate 3 месяца назад

At 1:20 slow the playback speed to 0.25 to see the most horrific mouth in the animal kingdom at work.

@SJHFoto 9 месяцев назад

It seems no one remembers this, but did anyone read Trouble in Bugland? It was a 1983 Sherlock Holmes pastiche where the entire cast were insects. (The detective was Inspector Mantis, and Dr Watson was Dr Hopper-a grasshopper)