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At first I was like, "This is a Nopefly."
It's like a wasp and a praying mantis had a great one night stand and the mantis being the whore he was, flew away and let the lady wasp deal with their spawn.
Then I was like, "Daaaaaaawwwwwww."
Look at it. Would you just look at it. Look at it eat the fly. Probably deserved it too. Completely harmless to us, lethal to flies.
FP Edit: People are right a lady mantis would bite the wasps head off. Fixed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantispidae For those who want to learn more about these little critters.
http://webdoc.agsci.colostate.edu/bspm/Hexapoda%20%28Insects%29/Wasp%20mantidfly.pdf
Part 2: http://imgur.com/gallery/CD1gPRJ/new
TheManWithTheGoldenGut
How have I never seen one of these before? That little dude's awesome!
ILoveTheKittyKat
Why does the wasp have to be portrayed as a whore who is a guy *triggered*
Jaysefer23
thats some good gif'in yo
corvak
Once I realized it doesnt sting I was ok with it
DandyDwarf
Sauce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NV3EK4YsP8
ImitableAnimal
"Mantisflies are absolutely amazing and adorable." -This Entomologist
kamosey
I bet it said grace before lunch.
Styxwash
found this sexy gall looking up on Mantidfly https://41.media.tumblr.com/d9fc9d7e74c42f3e6fa2e6ab2485f199/tumblr_njxmpvNQ2s1taunnfo1_500.png
Sauroctonus
I think she dated Cell in highschool.
spacemanfour
I ficking love these bugs
Mimikooh
That is so cool.
DanaBana
The colors associated with fear make my brain go NOPE
BakuraNomNomaru
nom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom nomnom nom
NumbWithNoRibs
Remember they have been here since the Early Jurassic period. Same time as Pterosaurs
TheCongaHeavy
jpegstohelenkeller
No really, what is that??
ProfessorWasp
I call it experiment KA6392. But the world will call it DEATH INCARNATE! Unfortunately it escaped from my secret paper-pulp lair.
jevausie
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4825/bgimage
Palfrost
It's a praying mantis whose body has the same colors as a wasp
cyrusthevulture
Some species of mantis.
BloodirnirPoutine
They are not related
Prebez
What the title says.
Senatoruppercut
Yeah but what does your comment say? Check. Mate.
SederHishtalshelus
What the tiblavloo. Jerk
dbaked
Mantispidae commonly known as mantis-fly or mantid lacewing
starscape678
The real question is... Do they sting?
TheGingerBeardedBiologist
Can confirm.
landon3145
To me a nope fly is a botfly
crimsonghost1
Bitch, that is a mantis/hornet hybrid! It will sting you just cause and then fuck you and then eat you!
skogstad
It is not a praying mantis- the confusion is in that this (a Neuropteran) has raptorial forelegs, just like Mantids, or water scorpions.
ThufferinThuccotash
These Pokémon Fusion fan arts are getting really detailed.
KingJPrizzy
You have tamed a beast.
JakeMegabyte
First off, this is a mantidfly. Second off, this is a repost from a video from 2011. Source: http://youtu.be/0NV3EK4YsP8
InvadingYourSpaces
Also the title says 'Mantidfly'
InvadingYourSpaces
Show the Imgur link to prove repost. It's not a repost if it wasn't posted to Imgur.
Tritan2
Also, I'll allow a repost that's over 4 years old. I have not been on Imgur for 4 years. Chill out brother.
Abraxxas
I have never seen this until I saw it last night. All those funny gifs you see... those op's did not record them all.
AngelIsAwake
Uh, I'm cool w/your post as is OP... Kind of an "omg ew bugs!!" type of cool w/it. Ew. :)
JakeMegabyte
You made it seem like this was your content, when you took it from someone else, you should always source ESPECIALLY when there's a video.
PatrickRob82
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xap1/t51.2885-15/s320x320/e15/11205939_1434935670142382_750353058_n.jpg
punzybobo
First, they attack the flies... then, the bees, and then, the mosquitos, AND THEN, ALL KINDS OF BIRDS, AND FINALLY, US!
GreyKihano
Chimera Ant? Chimera Ant.
Darkcl4w
well, if the bees were gone, we would be too eventually, so they could let our corpses rot and eat the flies they'd attract insead
ISbros
GAME OVER DUDE
TheGhostofElizabethShue
TheGhostofElizabethShue
(top result for the google image search 'sarcastic eagle')
TheGhostofElizabethShue
(4th result:
. Don't fuck with eagles.)
JamesBluntThatSmartassCunt
Well, they *are* raptors.
McBook
Well, they came from dinosaurs
TheGhostofElizabethShue
I think what's scariest is it's killing that deer sarcastically. "Oh. I'm SO going to eat aaaall of you. Pff."
Justslippin
I heard that praying mantis cannibalism normally occurs in laboratory environments. In their natural habitat it's supposed to rarely occur.
Justslippin
http://www.prayingmantisfacts.net/praying_mantis_facts_about_their_reproduction.html
Kind0ne
WhenInDoubtC4
So, that's daddy?
SteveCraft
Beevote...uh...updrill.....I got nuthin'
puyol5
NANOMACHINES
It's a Beedrill,not a Yanmega.
strangledbyaturtleneck
Like I want to eat it, right. Thanks!
KizzleTizzle
Dat doggie
PalulukanMakto
That's a dragonfly tho
dingoatemybaby88
But..But how is this..I mean..How did this come in to existence? Was this always around? or did some wasps and mantis just make a new thing?
cerberus63
It's a relative of Lacewings and Antlions not mantids not vespids (wasps). It's also a parasite whose larval stage feeds on spider eggs.
HuskyBug
Some animals will mimic the colors and patterns of more dangerous animals. Not many animals will fool with a wasp.
Catodactyl
Which is why we must exterminate the wasps because they are just a bunch of dicks!
PalulukanMakto
And the amazing this is that its not even related to a mantis.
aryzseyr
convergent evo, they hunt the same things and the bits that are important for hunting tend to evolve into similar patterns. (bats and birds)
WoopDeFrickenDoo
Look how he wiggles them antennas like a hornet would. That's method acting right there.
frozenazure
Abraxxas
The nope train left without me when I saw it eating the fly.
GwenShepard
ah well it must have stopped when it reached me.
NiceLegsDaisyDukesMakesAMAAANOUTOFYOOOUUUU
Look at it's cute, little antennae bobbing though! That's adorable! >w<
squarrel
Fun fact: the upvote button is broken. I realized it on your post so you got a few bonus upvotes. Enjoy.
Abraxxas
Wow thanks!
squarrel
You're welcome! Someone didn't like that, tho, apparently...
JakeMegabyte
Dude you copied this off a video that it took me two seconds to google come on
Abraxxas
Do you realize how imgur works? I brought something I never have seen before to show others. I never claimed this was me holding it.
TastyBrainMeats
You did kind of imply that this was you in the videos. It's OK, though.
Abraxxas
I suppose it could be seen as me implying with the titles. But I was more relating my reaction to seeing it crawling on the hand.
TitaniumMonkeyBalls
train it to eat mosquitos
reclaimingrequiem
FUCKING. GENIUS.
Valkhi
Just get some bats for that. They are pros.
Antermosiph
Get bats, a bat gave will kill Tons (Literally, tons of pounds) of mosquitoes and other bugs each night.
Antermosiph
Cave*
esracoon
so i'm going to assume this doesn't have a stinger? i'm sure it could bite fairly hard if it wanted to though.
Abraxxas
No stinger. And sure it could bite you. But this one seems kinda chill.
esracoon
lol. dunno, still sketchy. i think i'ma go find my house guest jumping spider and pet it :D
Abraxxas
You are nuts, and deserve a +1.
esracoon
LaughingKat
One step closer to a beedrill.
SuccesfulFailure
Arin really needs to level Bundt up. It's been like over a year, now.
ishouldprobablybeplayingpokemonATM
I picture you doing a Burns hand steeple to that.
YouFoxEaredAsshole
One step closer to mega evolution
Pseudomenos
You deserve more recognition sir/madam/tablekin
NotAPervert
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NdJQopRuH1E
Youts
This was my first thought
GabrielDumoulin
I'm sad my first thought wasn't Pokemon...
BropaneAndBropaneAccessories
You're mom found one. Cuz I Beedrilling her.
pookieeatworld
Your*
BropaneAndBropaneAccessories
Yep. Your right. Their ain't no excuse for that.
WallCrawlerArt
I like you.
booyakatana
fucking. GENIUS
LeafiaBarrett
My first thought was Scyther, actually.
InboxMeYourGermanShepherdDog
nice try but scyther cant fly!!...*weeps nostalgically
GunslingerGonzo
Why not both?
TheStewart
Why not Zoidberg?
Thoraxe123
Scythdrill
GaryFreakinOak
As promised:
JimmyRustlesJr
http://images.alexonsager.net/pokemon/fused/15/15.123.png
TheNuclearSaxophone
http://pokemon.alexonsager.net/15/123
GaryFreakinOak
I will make this. Scuse me whilst I ART.
LeafiaBarrett
I will (im)patiently await the results!
GaryFreakinOak
PeRSCiTio
i need to see this
GaryFreakinOak
TheThingsTheyCarried
Bitch Scyther is green
NiceLegsDaisyDukesMakesAMAAANOUTOFYOOOUUUU
Too right. Scyther is a legit praying mantis, c'mon guys.
LeafiaBarrett
I thought praying mantises didn't have wings?
NiceLegsDaisyDukesMakesAMAAANOUTOFYOOOUUUU
Bro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjnIZBAZUQQ
NiceLegsDaisyDukesMakesAMAAANOUTOFYOOOUUUU
And they're VERY good at flying xD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTj2Au0DK48 One flew into my mom's hair once, I never let her forget it.
walterpeck
aka the best pokemon
TheIrishMike
xiphiasgladius
TheIrishMike
http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9r0wa6HWO1r76dz9o1_500.gif
Meijichocolat
I love imgur
jellypeanutbutter
Closer to Vespiquen really. Yes I'm fun at parties.
horsebananas
I'd say Scyther.
WallCrawlerArt
You're talking Pokemon, you'd be the first person I'd go to at a party.
jellypeanutbutter
I'll talk tcg strategy all night fam
Henshaw
You'e willing to debate pokemon with strangers. You are clearly party gold.
jellypeanutbutter
Pokemon is all.
NiftyPistons
I went to a party and a guy bet me a 6 pack of beer that I couldn't name all 151 original pokemon there and then. (1/2)
NiftyPistons
I promptly did the thing, drank the beers, and later snuck off to an empty bedroom with him and fucked. (2/2)
WallCrawlerArt
Sir, not only will I name all 151 but I'll name them in order. You better get my beer now.
Chrishankhah
Wasn't expecting that ending +1