Praying Mantis Meets/Eats Grasshopper - an Insect Macabre

Watch how a predatory insect, a praying mantis, devours its prey alive, starting with the grasshopper’s head. This approach not only gives the mantid quick access to a rich part of the grasshopper’s body, its brain, but also subdues it quickly and without fanfare. NOTE: This close-up shows precisely how the mantis eats but also presents a really clear view of a half-eaten grasshopper brain.

The most common species of praying mantis in the US, and the one photographed here, was introduced from Europe to rid gardens of their insect pests.
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