What is this creature???

Good news, I just found out that hermit crabs won't bust your fingers open like a mantis could. So you could just pick the hermits out by hand, put them in a bucket, then the mantis has that bait all to himself.

 

Ew, its gross! That Vid is SO Vicious!

 

If I'm not mistaken, only the spearing type mantis get that big?

 

(Squllia Mantis) Posess the Spears that have barbs on them to help retreive it's victim.
The ( mantis ) or peacock do have some what of the spears to , but use their clubs as the primary method of hunting.

Also the clubs have been filmed with high speed camras and "clocked" up to 23 meters per second,
( that's fast people ) that's near the accelaration of a small caliper bullet.
And the shrimp's eyes have "depth perception".
= meaning they rely on eye sight to find its prey.
( or and unsuspecting hand that pisses them off and sees it as a threat )

Truly a little beasty of a Preditor.

 

So its been about 24 hours since I have put the trap in my tank... nothing.. I am using shrimp as bait ... any other ideas? or am I not being patient enough...??

Haven't seen the mantis shrimp for about 12 hours now.. maybe if I keep my lights off on aquarium??

 

Mantis shrimp are very clever so it might take you a while to trap it. Can you maybe remove the rock that it's living in?

 

Unfortunately it jumps from rock to rock... I have not seen it in about 12 hours....

 

Sneaky little devil ain't he? Next time you see him hopping into a rock, remove that rock as quickly as possible and see if you can get it out.

 

The thing tryed to attack some of my tongs and tore the **** out of it yesterday... I dont really want to stick my hands in there.. lol

 

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