Deadly Insects That Can Easily Defeat A Praying Mantis

Praying mantises may be fierce predators, but even they have enemies lurking in the insect world.
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[@williambuchanan77]

Being attacked by a swarm of ants would end most creatures.

[@rheapongos5552]

Nah maybe hornets

[@williambuchanan77]

@rheapongos5552 depends on the type of ants and what their orders are. As I understand it even hornet nests can be raided from time to time

[@vkobevk]

if they are small enough or lack of agility but i dont bet too much on ants against big mamal

[@rosshixon6796]

Rambo vs an army is such a bad comparison. Rambo is ALWAYS against an army and he's never lost. 😂

[@bassman8144]

Since lightsabers are no longer deadly thanks to Disney that’s a fair comparison.

[@reviews.7399]

I hate Kathleen Kennedy.

[@rm25088]

what? Are you Fing kidding me?

[@samuelbaldwin7856]

@@rm25088 yes, a character survived being stabbed in the chest because girls are invincible apparently

[@rm25088]

@@samuelbaldwin7856 man wtf. Everything is ruined nowadays. It's fucking ridiculous

[@roccogonzalez6747]

No one cares but bozos like you keep whining can always tell the fake fans when they do shit like this.

[@Mike-ii1vz]

2:49 how the hell do we know what a light saber feels like😂

[@ChilledoutDevil]

they say being stabbed is extremely painful, just imagine the amplification of the blade being recently taken out of a forge and is as hot as molten lava too, incinerating your nerves as well as severing them. sounds dreadful, but that's likely what the closest example of a "lightsaber" wound could feel like given in star wars universe the blade instantly cauterizes wounds. but yeah... hard to say if it hurts THAT much, regardless it sounds like the type of pain you'd be pissed off to hear someone nearby downplaying it by saying something else feels worse, thats for certain. not to be the unpopular guy at parties but you know when i think about it, the string might even hurt worse overall and be more of an agonizing experience; a molten-hot hyper-sharp blade is destructive and dangerous but i think adrenaline and the fact you'll pass out from mortally fatal wounds very quickly is a fair counterpoint to a biological chemical weapon that is strictly designed to fire off pain-inducing stimulus and optimized for such a purpose, like min-maxing the suffering/agony one would experience, over as long as possible without directly making you lose consciousness etc. but i'm losing track, basically it hurts a lot

[@PoisonFire115]

@@ChilledoutDevil Like this guy says. Had you seen those videos of people heating up kitchen knives? Imagine being stabbed by that heat up knife but without the sensation of metal going through your body.

[@sonofacheron]

How dare you mock the lyricism of this gifted writer!

[@JealeduardCeletaria-i9w]

That "TOI" got me burst of laughter 😂 Also the bite of ants aren't the one that hurts you its their "idk" Yk err

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

Mantis cam also eat all these bugs...

[@SanzanMahmudZisanJomadar]

nah, no insect can conquer ants..

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

@SanzanMahmudZisanJomadar 1v1 easily a colony no

[@Lissygamer]

They can't become mantis will die before its tries eating

[@josephbons1]

The Amazonian tribe that uses bullet ants aren't allowed to scream or they don't pass. If you're going to make these videos, do the research it requires.

[@bentos117]

"don't despair, we will try again tomorrow"

[@nikewznk4842]

Praying mantis is a top predator and will defeat most insects/bugs that are about the same size. That's why you will see many videos of praying mantis fighting giant spiders, scorpions, centipedes, and katydids, because they don't want the mantis to win. However, for the same size, I admit the japanese hornet might defeat the mantis, and the bombardier beetle is too small but can successfully defend itself against the mantis.

[@johnm9126]

What’s with the murder hornet being on this twice. You a fanboy of them???

[@mysticalace1337]

Likely is lol

[@mysticalace1337]

Bro even went as far as to say that “mantids are hunters but hornets are gangsters” like what?? Doesn’t even make sense😂😂

[@PerAllwin1963]

I’m a fan of them. Especially if they kill praying mantises.

[@DCgreen27]

Lol

[@DCgreen27]

​@@PerAllwin1963 these hornets are actually very damaging . They are invasive from japan and now on 6/7 continents. They destroy ecosystems and kill off hives of honey bees and have the potential to criple global agriculture..let the mantis cook plz

[@jermaindaley6947]

Hornets like the cartel of the insect world 😂

[@1Lestatslover]

I had a Frightening experience the first time I encountered a praying mantis. I was 6 years old wasn’t messing with it. I was just looking at it and I didn’t know they had wings and it was rocking back-and-forth, staring me. Then all of a sudden it leaped on my head got caught in my hair and every time I reached for it it bit me and it bites can hurt a lot which my father didn’t believe me until he got bit by one but finally I got off of my head, but I’ve been freaked out by them ever since. Thankfully, I don’t have to worry about them that much where I live because I have a lot of Bats, European hornets and pretty big spiders where I live. But one time about two years ago, I walked outside and noticed one was living in the numbers of my house. I didn’t try to get it to leave because I thought it would stop all the stink bugs from coming in, but it didn’t it Would just stand and stare at me so finally after five days I went out and from quite a different distance away And told it it had 48 hours to leave Or I was gonna come after it with a broom. 12 hours later I walked outside and it was gone. Tell me that’s not freaky that you tell the bug to get lost and understand you.

[@shadeowedthalastson4970]

you’re lying😂😂 they don’t attack humans😂😂

[@ganeshbhat7576]

Tbh i think no insect can 1v1 a giant scorpion

[@Caedan-dn1lt]

Awesome video my favorite was assassin catpiller, also you put Ginat Asian hornet twice, the Giant Japanese hornet is same species the Giant Asian hornet lives in Japan so that just 2 diffent names for same Insect.

[@pancake1751]

This whole video is made by an AI, it will make mistakes but leaving in an insect 2 times just goes to show how little goes into making these kinds of videos.. He probably just told the AI 1 sentence and boom, video done while he's raking in $10-20k a month

[@InsectWars-c7i]

Yes, I gained good knowledge, great. ❤‍🔥

[@horaceosirian8993]

The giant centipede isn't an insect, or even an arachnid, it's an arthropod. Those things can f**k up a Tarantula in a split second.

[@MikeMaxwell-jn8us]

True but depends on what kind of tarantula. I’ve seen one video about a centipede vs a poecilotheria and its venom took out the centipede.

[@raa_agent]

Tarantula? 🤣 tarantula wont stand a chance against any centipede

[@typicalfun313]

@ you’d be surprised

[@EJayMD-11]

Ummm insects are also arthropods, so are arachnids.

[@ScottJohnson-rc5vh]

That doesn't mean all arthropods are insects, tho..

[@MultiAilove]

11:56 GET OUT!!!!🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@javasrevenge7121]

I have had mantisses on my shoulders and Tshirt, I have seen Tarantulas very close and I stood along a long row of army ants. I think I am a lucky guy to have seen them.

[@Pedrothepugpoundr]

Not really at all if you leave them alone they will leave you alone

[@KawaiiHippityHop-cl5bb]

0:57 poor guy XD Imagine being chased by a bunch of bees

[@gregbeswick7791]

4:59 OMG YOU JUST SAID GODZILLA! NO WAY THINK YOU THE GODZILLA OF CREEPY CRAWLYS! I’m a Godzilla fan

[@robunderwood7689]

I had a small green mantis that I kept as a pet. I would hold it in my hand. It was really cool. Then one day I noticed it had changed. It had grown some, and its mandibles had turned a bluish color. I picked it up to look at it and it bit the sh*t out of my hand! I released it back into the wild!

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

I used to do insect fights when I was a kid. Jumping spiders earwigs, red harvester ants..but the king was the Jerusalem Crickets. Those had no problem eating any opponent. Good old days!

[@shanenitzsche463]

😂😂😂😂the sound effects great dam good video

[@JC-life-is-good]

It would be interesting to see an elimination tournament, like the NCAA Basketball tournament, with seeding and see which insect will be the winner. Obviously, there are many seeding combinations, and depending on that setup, the winner may be different from one tournament to the next.

[@JMan377]

Is a "Manis" same as a "Mantis" or a bit different? 🤔

[@NathanCroston-yc4gw]

Anybody else feeling sorry for the praying mantis?

[@kwam-El_Studio]

Their body is tough armored? Bees be like: well boys, that enough for us to thermoball them. Let's go supernova on ‘em.

[@DontworryImsigma]

Bottles with legs, lower left corner 14:48

[@Shagunartpallete-dl8ty]

7:33 the caterpillar turns into a harmless moth after cocoon stage

[@randquadrozzi1280]

My kids had an egg sac and raised a few until they got big but a green lacewing wrapped one mantis up like a mummy.my kids figured the lacewing would be easy prey for the mantis.

[@dfwald4657]

Tarantula hawk ONLY hunts tarantulas not mantises!

[@tonynono31]

its manises thats what narator said.

[@EvanChen-c1k]

I don’t think he was done with his researching😅

[@disguisedherobrien]

Am I the only one who almost laughed at the beatle flinging the other beatle flying

[@someguyfromuk]

You mean beetle. Unless there is a video of Paul throwing Ringo!

[@ericwright6672]

I had a mantis on my er... pepper plant as long as my hand ,was the largest mantis ive ever encountered,its lower body was larger than my thumb,was bright green with purple wings!

[@ggn6591]

5:27 This makes spiders look like butterflies.

[@John-u5y]

Bugs with TOXINS; oh, my!😮😮😮

[@frankmorse7929]

Praying Mantises have killed centipedes as well.

[@mickdavis8658]

You missed the Australian bull ant also known as jack jumper.

[@yes-yg9lu]

Tiger beetles going so fast they have to stop and render the rest of the map

[@Ste_Robbo]

15:10 They come in a range of colours from Black to Rainbow iridescent, or, “Metallic” as the Narrator puts it.

[@Tr0ubleSum27]

I wonder if anyone has ever said i just love insects and meant it 😂

[@twasbrillig33]

6:35 that's a jumping jack spider Myrmecia nigrocinta from AUSTRALIA...NOT A BULLET ANT from South AMerica

[@BenCadAnimation]

Amazing.

[@BoyGvlog]

Not all strength is in your hands. Every creature in the world, whether human or animal or plant, has its own strengths and weaknesses.

[@jamesperera8857]

This depends on the Mantis variety if it's a giant Asian mantis it can take down quite a lot of insects in this list but if it's a little bit smaller variety you are correct and bro bullet ants mainly travel alone including the Asian giant hornet

[@Killerbrick]

I saw a video where a giant Mantis captured, killed, and ate a Bat. I think on any given day, a formidable Mantis could hold its own with the best of them. Just not a swarm of anything. Seriously, who is going to stick around for a swarm to kick your ass ...😂

[@MileRastovac]

Mantis kill giant hornet most of the time ..

[@paulfolkner2104]

I like the praying mantis

[@DonaldGamblin]

Me too

[@pratipkm]

Interesting, How about pitting one with another in the list?

[@IronRanger84]

The praying mantis can eat any of these insects, and it does it without venom or any chemical.

[@Shaggy2286]

Centipedes bite is not what is venomous, those are legs that sting, not fangs.

[@moonwatch7963]

Always remember The Observer Effect when you watch nature at work...

[@agoblintrippingonhorrordus145]

That thumbnail... oh, man the AI fucked that up. The antannae on the ant are mismatched, the mantis has no definable head at all, the weird appendage on the left, none of it makes any sense.

[@QuiseStsu-u]

1:06 I can’t stop laughing 😭😭😭😭

[@Drogo911]

Imagine them in human size ☠️ we’re doomed.

[@davolthe1261]

Dude if any of insects where in human size we would be doomed, just imagine harmless ant in human size, chaotic right? 😂🤣

[@Moonlight_Tide]

9:38 it knocked itself off the table lol

[@GiftMakoro-dn1ws]

1:34 a jaw strong enough to chew through concrete🙆‍♂️

[@rudexbruiser2604]

All I learned from this is that it takes venom, flight, and numbers to take a mantis down.

[@scottmadoff7444]

coyote peterson put the giant desert centipede as the only #5

[@jondon8704]

That dude is a certified clown. He was only stung by lab bugs (stingers without venom), the rest was bad acting.

[@ErosJhosenjei-2768]

Yo you forgot about the cow killer

[@centipede333]

4:52 this applies to almost any species of scolopendra. the large mantis has little chance even against the common scolopendra cingulata and the scolopendra Amazon Gigantea one is stronger than all insects and arachnids and there are MANY insects that can defeat a praying mantis if you judge it that way, a praying mantis is pretty weak in battle its only weapons are two grasping paws and weak jaws (weaker even than a house cricket) it is tender and fragile

[@nowere4569]

I ve seen praying mantis' eat atleast one of all of these so what?😅😂😂😂😂

[@centipede333]

@nowere4569 let me guess it was a large praying mantis versus a lithobius forficatus or some other small species?

[@nowere4569]

@centipede333 nope regular size look it up beee amazed

[@centipede333]

@nowere4569 where did you see that? and by the way, look closely at the centipede's fangs. because i saw a video where a centipede lost to a praying mantis because the centipede's fangs were cut off and it was rendered weaponless

[@centipede333]

@nowere4569 you can even watch the fights of scolopendras and praying mantises on my channel they are both healthy there but the scolopendra ALWAYS wins

[@carolinecarty1829]

WOW I've never heard of the stinging beetle 😮

[@MilesCook-d1u]

Okay bullet ants scary but that guy who got a hole bucket of ants and js dug his hand in like it was a jar of candy is a real Force to be recon with

[@Rosiebo0]

Once I saw a small bag, it looks kind of like a leaf bug and it was only like 2 inches tall. I look like a long one and it looks kind of scary. I don’t know but I thought it might be but it probably wasn’t.

[@BeSakthLonda-real]

My shoes and electric racket 😂😂

[@RolithjadeSubsuban]

bro i think that fire ant trap jaw i can even earing the sound of it

[@JoeyDean-t9k]

Like to see a story about north Carolina USA, deadly insects

[@Sajad-d1q]

Unfortunately none of the insects listed can match a praying mantis except to the hornet. Specially because a mantis attack relies on surprise. The hornets are not always successful though.

[@Weaver-Frog]

4:13 "can eat frogs" nope, only smal frogs, my frogs have eaten giant mantises, so if its not a baby the mantis is ded

[@denver3229]

And the soldier driver ant is so paiful specially the super giant one

[@stephanviljoen5281]

13:04 what about tungsten? can it cut through that?

[@farshadmn4273]

never seen killer bees vs japanese hornets

[@chrissingletary2876]

I am surprised you didn't feature a velvet ant. They can kick everything you had in this video's butt. Nothing attacks them unless it wants to die. lol.

[@redflametn]

I've been stung by a driver ant major, how to survive ez just lift 10 kg dumbbells while doing squats

[@LazerCatHelmet]

When I was a kid, I put a mantis in with a small garter snake. After a weekend out of town, the snake was dead and had chunks eaten from behind the head. As a teen I put a mantis in a tank with a sun spider / wind scorpion (not a spider or scorpion but something 10 legged and in between) and that thing killed the mantis faster than you could imagine. Like a lightning bolt.

[@moonwatch7963]

I wouldn't be surprised when you get abducted by aliens..

[@samuelx777]

So... which one bug was accidentally created by scientists again!?! I missed it. 😅😅😅

[@ningayfrias7148]

Praying Mantis❌ Kung fu panda episodes✔️

[@davidia8000]

We are lucky the insects are tinny, imagine if they were as big as dogs and cats??

[@robinn9951]

Which Star Wars movie is that? I don’t remember 2 girls fight scene?🤔

[@Crisscool6]

his pronunciation of the word Mantis bugged me a lot throughout the video 😅

[@media_77]

i love these ai images that you put in the video its so goofy lol

[@msquared016]

the video of the "bullet ant" is actually a bull ant, a myrmecia

[@garymaidman625]

I don't believe it is. As someone who lives in Australia and within the territory of bull ants aka bulldog ants, the ant in this doesn't look like one at all. It looks like a bullet ant.

[@antduh2779]

⁠​⁠@@garymaidman625it is a bull ant, or jumping jacks, whatever people like to call em

[@WikoLite3172]

Asean giant hornet = i see them somewhere around my house in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia ☺️

[@ChuckyNorris1]

Rambo vs an army is not a good comparison. All Rambo does is destroy whole armies.

[@coljaschoppe8670]

Äh...hast du jemals Rambo gesehen?😏

[@RJ-pb1qx]

Did AI narrate this? Because 100 degree water is barely more than body temp, about 112 degrees COLDER. Someone needed to stay in school but apparently didnt

[@EvilNecroid]

10:48 thats a big thumb

[@Ste_Robbo]

8:40 I have this on my face every night and peroxide is a good mouth wash and to bleach my hair. Who knew that Retinoids can be found in insects. I can make this and administer it to enemies and predators eh 😊

[@Cazhing]

9:35 Nice AI images... An ant with praying mantis forelegs and 3 antennae. Mantis with one broken foreleg and the other mutated.

[@SeaGatto]

there are PLENTY of AI images in this channel. Free market I guess

[@damionroberts6120]

A lot of these bugs are small so the mantis can barely grasp them

[@bretthrower2940]

I would be terrified if a tarantula hawk was on my hand

[@Hunterized]

9:22 WEEEEEEEEEE😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DontworryImsigma]

Why is the hive onnthe mantis 😂 14:15

[@Chrispimp34]

How does this guy know what getting stabbed with a lightsaber 5 minutes it feels like 😂 in what movie?What was that What star wars movie was that

[@Ste_Robbo]

1:29 F that, nightmare beast!!

[@jashigovia4935]

Murder ☠️Hornets 🐝 n Japanese 🇯🇵 Hornets 🐝 are different??

[@Hi_Beams]

You never said where the caterpillar is from

[@raa_agent]

Assasin beetle vs centipede ( who will win)

[@Ste_Robbo]

4:34 Since when did Xenomorph (ZEN-O-MORPH) Become ZEE-NO-MORPH. XEN, 1 E, like Xenophobia and the word Zen.

[@cruzbrewski]

13:28 New species of Warthog Ant

[@centipede333]

some of these video will not be so effective in killing praying mantises for example, the tiger beetle is too small (only 1.5 cm) well, if you meant the tiger beetle manticorа, then it wins without problems. or the stinging beetle is also small and has very little chance of winning. but for example, many katydids easily hunt praying mantises

[@Anderson88ProductReviews-ei1mj]

Plenty of AI mistakes in here, including listing giant hornets twice in the list.