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𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖕 𝕸𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖉𝖋𝖑𝖞
Climaciella brunnea
April 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
toadally.bsky.social
Mantidfly design
A slightly anthropomorphized mantidfly
June 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Who's a good boy

(it mantidfly. Mantidfly is good boy)
Silly brown lacewing-ish creature but high is 1st legs dramatically modified to be mantis grabby hands
June 18, 2026 at 3:14 AM
ahaberski.bsky.social
It's not a mantid, it's not a fly, it's a mantidfly!

#entomology #bugskye #insect #photography #macro #nature
A macro photograph of a brown mantidfly insect on a stick
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Had a Grabby Hands lass on my windshield this morning 🤎
(brown mantidfly)
Brown mantidfly chilling on a black mirrored surface, grabby hands folded neatly below her head
September 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Newly emerged mantidfly with her old clothes nearby, wings dried, in my yard 🤎
Silly brown mantidfly with her grabby arms neatly folded, clutching a blade of grass, with her clear old skin still clutching that blade of grass below her
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Lorge mantidfly! 🤎
#InverteFest
Very large brown mantidfly on a palmetto frond, my finger for scale The silly brown creature at rest on the palmetto frond, silly grabby arms folded neatly below her head
September 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
sleepyspruce.bsky.social
Mantidfly fakemon real?
February 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
junkybuggy.bsky.social
The bug of the day is🎉

The Mantidfly
November 14, 2024 at 6:10 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Ms Grabby Hands at the Black Light Café tonight
(mantidfly, of course 🤎)
Little brown mantidfly on a white sheet, flailing her spiny grabby hands in front of her
July 19, 2026 at 3:13 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Very small very real paper wasp

Climaciella brunnea, the wasp mantidfly
Small brown and stripy yellow paper-wasp-like mantidfly, just ambling around a palmetto frond like a very normal wasp
August 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Ms Grabby Hands is always welcome at the Black Light Café 🤎
(brown mantidfly)
Brown mantidfly chilling on a white sheet, grabby hands folded neatly below her head
July 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social
I found another favorite insect to add to the pile
#insect #bug #mantidfly #education #doodle
A wasp mantidfly: a brown, orange, and yellow neuropteran that looks like a combination of mantis and wasp Captions: Behold! The Wasp Mantidfly Climaciella brunnea Not a fly Not a mantis Not a wasp larvae ride spiders (then eat the spiders' eggs)
May 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
jameslowenwild.bsky.social
The mantidfly Mantissa syriaca, photographed in Iberia during the summer. Look into my eyes...
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
*flailing*
Ms Grabby Hands, at the Black Light Café
(Mantidfly, of course 🤎)
September 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Grabby Hands waiting for nightfall (Snackfall)

I love mantidflies 🤎
Brown mantidfly hanging out under a persimmon leaf Brown mantidfly hanging out under a greenbrier leaf
August 20, 2026 at 2:48 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Weird chicken grazing at my black light tonight 👀

(mantidfly, of course 🤎)
May 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
This is solid creature design
Red and black mantidfly with black wings, hanging out on a cluster of tiny white flowers To view of the wasp-like mantidfly on the flower, through a fisheye lens Close shot of the creature's colorful eye, and neatly folded raptorial forelimbs
April 4, 2026 at 4:39 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Profile: Ms Grabby Hands 🤎

(brown mantidfly at my black light sheet)
Mantidfly profile shot, just head, "neck", and folded raptorial arm-legs. Her eyes are faintly technicolor. The grabby hands are thick and spined in the middle segment, with the scythe-like final segment folded over it
May 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
edge-nature.bsky.social
While mothing for a long-term biodiversity study, the Say's Mantidflies also arrive during the survey. Relatives of lacewings, Mantidfly larvae are parasites of wolf spider eggs.
A coppery colored mantidfly, with big predatory forelegs.
January 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
nearbirdstudios.bsky.social
MANTIDFLY #InverteFest 🌿
Green mantidfly (Zeugomantispa sp.), side view. It looks like the front half of a tiny mantis on the back half of a lacewing. Its large eyes have a bright starlike pattern.
August 26, 2026 at 3:36 AM
jaspersailfin.bsky.social
Mantidflies are amazing little predatory insects. Here we have four species common in the US: Brown Wasp Mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea), Green Mantidfly (Zeugomantispa minuta), Say's Mantidfly (Dicromantispa sayi), and Four-spotted Mantidfly (Dicromantispa interrupta).
#MantidflyAppreciationDay
Photo collage of four mantidfly species sitting on leaves and flowers.
December 12, 2024 at 8:15 PM
aispinsects.bsky.social
Almost forgot this one...a mantidfly.

#insects #entomology #biology #science #research #wildlife #conservation #nature #photography
March 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
jencross.bsky.social
Here is a Mantidfly aka Grabby Hands making a meal of a small moth. Those raptorial forelegs must have an impressive range of motion given how the Mantidfly holds them when at rest.
Four-spotted Mantidfly (Dicromantispa interrupta)
A mantidfly grasping a small white moth in its front legs and eating it. They are standing on a canvas sheet. A mantidfly standing on a canvas sheet.
May 25, 2024 at 8:57 PM