Insect vs Hummingbird

[viper69]

I LOVE hummers, what a wild pic.

Praying Mantis vs. Hummingbird

Even though mantises are smaller, they'll still attack hummingbirds. Here's how to keep your backyard bird safe.

www.audubon.org

 

[Smotzer]

I LOVE hummers, what a wild pic.

Praying Mantis vs. Hummingbird

Even though mantises are smaller, they'll still attack hummingbirds. Here's how to keep your backyard bird safe.

www.audubon.org

That is quite impressive! It’s like the original description drawing of Avicularia snacking on a bird!

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

It’s very rare but I’ve heard of it happening.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

No......not the little hummingbirds

Never thought a mantid would target that large of prey

 

[Introvertebrate]

.......Never thought a mantid would target that large of prey

Well, let me think. The mantis might be seeing the hummingbird head-on, which would present a low frontal area, and the wings are beating so fast that they're essentially invisible, i.e., they don't exist.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

Well, let me think. The mantis might be seeing the hummingbird head-on, which would present a low frontal area, and the wings are beating so fast that they're essentially invisible, i.e., they don't exist.

Yeah probably but that doesn't make me feel better

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Yeah probably but that doesn't make me feel better

It would be like a 5” tarantula taking down a huge rat in the wild. The bird is bigger then the mantis . mantis are vicious killers.

 

[Arachnophobphile]

It would be like a 5” tarantula taking down a huge rat in the wild. The bird is bigger then the mantis .

Yeah

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Yeah

Crazy mantis don’t even live long but they eat tons of stuff.

 

[Brewser]

Reminiscent of Genera
Commonly referred to as Birdeaters.

( Hopefully A Misnomer ) and not often the case.

Love Hummingbirds

and Look forward to Their Return Every Spring.

Nectar Feeders at the Ready in My Neck of the Woods.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Nature is metal...

 

[viper69]

And when large mantids land on Earth - goodbye peeps!

 

[Tarantuland]

Have you ever seen a hummingbird moth? I thought it was so trippy when I found out they were moths after filming them in the woods near where I grew up.