06/02/2022
No worries in the video no one is eaten "yet" but there is a mating of 2 praying mantises( Creobroter gemmatus). In the video you can see the male (the smaller one) jumping on the female (careful, feed the female well beforehand!) she can stay there for several hours to days before she gets to work. In doing so, it slides its hindquarters under the female's wings and connects to the rear end of the female's hindquarters. Then the spermatophore (container containing the male's semen) is transferred to the female, which again can take several hours, but can also be accomplished in 15 minutes. Then males and females separate again, whereby the male often stays on top of the female for a while to keep any rivals away. The female stores the male's semen in her body and excretes the empty spermatophore. She can also bend the hindquarters forward and eat the spermatophores. It can happen that the female eats the male before, during or after mating, so it is advisable to feed the female well before mating🌿
