Its a cross between a wasp and a praying mantis, its a Wasp Mantidfly
This little guy is a mantid fly, and is a wasp mimic. I named him Tyler Durden. Tyler Durden is totally harmeless, but looks way awesome. I had him for four days. Tyler is not afraid of anything, you can pick him up and he doesn t even react. I fed him about a half dozen flies before I let him go. I only saw him fly once, and that is when he flew away, never to be seen again. I have no idea whether this mantidfly was really male or female. The video was filmed with a Canon SX20IS. Nothing fancy, but the
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