Wasp Impersonator Meets the Real Deal, The Mantisfly

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  • Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
  • Last week we found this awesome Mantispid (AKA mantisfly) in our garden. I was super excited to find it and film it. While I watched this insect on a leaf a few different insects ran into it including an aphid, some ants and a very angry wasp looking for a fight. Watch this video to see how this insect fared in battle. No insects were killed during the making of this video.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 9 тис.

  • @user-fv3de5zm1z
    @user-fv3de5zm1z 4 роки тому +17774

    The mantis spent his entire life trying to be a wasp, and when he finally meets his idol he gets bullied. This is exactly why you never meet your hero's.

  • @pauljs75
    @pauljs75 4 роки тому +11650

    Mantis: Uses it's claws for eating.
    Mantis-fly: Uses claws for yeeting.

  • @glizzygladiator8055
    @glizzygladiator8055 3 роки тому +900

    I swear the mantis-fly is like the peak wasp build. Sure it has some weaknesses, but having the range and deadly effectiveness of a mantis in a body that is adapted for flight is just OP. Nature had to nerf them with specific respawn requirements.

    • @clydecraft5642
      @clydecraft5642 Рік тому +67

      Mantis can already fly decently this one looks like its visuals are hornet but i bet its still just as clumsy

    • @FataMorgana04
      @FataMorgana04 Рік тому +42

      Nope any colony wasp builds are far more superior than solo builds tbh

    • @Freedmoon44
      @Freedmoon44 Рік тому +9

      @@FataMorgana04 true but that does also mean that the colony builds also needs group to take down powerfull solo built group that depanding where it is it doesnt always have

    • @voidseeker4394
      @voidseeker4394 Рік тому +7

      @@clydecraft5642 hornets are actually clumsy as well, compared to most of the other flying insects, especially flies.

    • @JS-rv3et
      @JS-rv3et Рік тому +8

      think of a wasp with mantis claws and grass hopper legs.
      and a jumping spider with wings...

  • @redneckfarmer8011
    @redneckfarmer8011 Рік тому +86

    3:55 I love the parallel of how truly small this interaction is compared to the giant walking down the stairs

  • @shogunbirds6589
    @shogunbirds6589 4 роки тому +3303

    Wasp: *eats honeydew*
    Mantisfly: I'm something of a wasp myself.

  • @kevinpillar6934
    @kevinpillar6934 4 роки тому +2300

    So this is what an bug type gym leader does with his spare time

    • @bodhithekid5899
      @bodhithekid5899 4 роки тому +21

      ( Not gonna lie ) I’m mad I didn’t think about that

    • @rackelthejackel
      @rackelthejackel 4 роки тому +3

      Beedril could never be a gym leader. 😂

    • @MantoTenku
      @MantoTenku 4 роки тому +7

      Is the person recording this Bugsy???

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 4 роки тому +6

      Imagine the mantisfly with a real stinger. Praying mantis arms and a wasp stinger! That's basically a flying scorpion at that point. :D

    • @floridamanstrikesagain555
      @floridamanstrikesagain555 4 роки тому +2

      Shorewall We won’t have to imagine soon, I bet this is 2020’s next plan

  • @PatchworkRose567
    @PatchworkRose567 3 роки тому +324

    Mantises are such cool and intimidating bugs. They don’t really act like any other bug and seem oddly human compared to the bugs around them. They are so cool to just observe and witness their uniqueness.

    • @drhexagonapus
      @drhexagonapus Рік тому +31

      Yes! The plural is mantids btw, but they are amazing little critters. I keep a couple different species and they've got really cool personalities. They seem to have no fear of people either. They are also extremely visual insects, relying on their sight more than most bugs. I think this is part of what makes them seem more relatable to us humans.

    • @JohnSmith-fq7hj
      @JohnSmith-fq7hj Рік тому

      @@drhexagonapus one of the few insects that will willingly jump right at your face when you get close to take a look lol

    • @butthand4342
      @butthand4342 Рік тому +55

      @@drhexagonapus I was looking at one a few days ago on a vine right outside my backdoor. He turned his little head straight at me and started waving his little arms. I stuck my hand out and he hopped right on. I spent the next thirty minutes just holding him out to leaves covered in aphids, he would pluck them one at a time and gobble them up. Went back towards my back door and he started waving his arms at his vine, so I held him out and he jiggled right back into it. Love those little turds lol.

    • @mikek5958
      @mikek5958 Рік тому +14

      Four hundred years ago a Shaolin Monk created a specific style of Kung Fu based on Praying Mantis fighting techniques.

    • @Mr_NotNICEart
      @Mr_NotNICEart Рік тому +3

      Scorpions too and crabs octopus etc

  • @biohazard9164
    @biohazard9164 Рік тому +35

    Reminds me of when I found a huge mantis in the backyard, I was sitting in front of it watching it and it was completely still and I looked away for a second and looked back and it was gone, was very creeped out by the sudden disappearance of such a large insect (and it really was utterly massive and brown in color)

    • @pandinus1377
      @pandinus1377 Рік тому +4

      They can fly a bit maybe it lept up somewhere...or a bird snatched it

  • @bluethesoup5252
    @bluethesoup5252 4 роки тому +2547

    “You’re weak.”
    “I’m you.”

    • @InsectHunter
      @InsectHunter  4 роки тому +37

      ha ha :)

    • @blackcat8104
      @blackcat8104 4 роки тому +13

      "I'm you, but nicer" Lol

    • @depausvandelilithkerk5785
      @depausvandelilithkerk5785 4 роки тому +6

      Be as "weak" as a palm tree in order to be able to survive the strongest huricane. (The filosofy of judo)

    • @loading4354
      @loading4354 4 роки тому +7

      I understand that reference.

    • @jaja_a
      @jaja_a 4 роки тому +3

      Avengers end game

  • @georgeanos7831
    @georgeanos7831 4 роки тому +4565

    "Most insects dont even want to fight if they dont have to"
    Wasps: I'm not most insects.

  • @lance2580
    @lance2580 3 роки тому +207

    Wasp: “Phew... so far so good. Hey, that's...”
    Mantis-fly: “That yellow wasp again of all places...”
    Wasp: “I found you, faker!”
    Mantis-fly: “Faker? I think you're the fake wasp around here. You're comparing yourself to me... ha! You're not good enough to be my fake!”
    Wasp: “I'll make you eat those words!”

    • @AverageAwesomeDude
      @AverageAwesomeDude 2 роки тому +3

      Wait faker? Is this a fate UBW reference

    • @xentura_yt863
      @xentura_yt863 2 роки тому +21

      The absolute best SA2 reference I've seen

    • @skythewolf35
      @skythewolf35 Рік тому +3

      I read this in Sonic and Shadow's voices XD

    • @tvaan4538
      @tvaan4538 Рік тому

      A dialogue fit for an anime

    • @yukioyamoto3494
      @yukioyamoto3494 10 місяців тому

      Another insect in the corner starts to shout: *MORTAL BUZZING!!* ROUND 1! FIGHT!

  • @lightninlad
    @lightninlad 3 роки тому +456

    Wasp: You underestimate my power!
    Mantisfly: Don’t try it, I have the high ground!
    Wasp:*thrown off leaf* I HATE you!!!
    Mantisfly: Only a wasp deals in absolutes.

    • @ichao354
      @ichao354 2 роки тому +5

      🗿

    • @sangheilisquanch7338
      @sangheilisquanch7338 2 роки тому +21

      Mantisfly larvae: "Thehs too many of them, what uh we gun tuh dew?😥"
      Wasp: 😡

    • @creativename9513
      @creativename9513 2 роки тому

      Mantisfly "you where my sister wasp, I loved you!"

    • @equinoxshadow7190
      @equinoxshadow7190 2 роки тому +3

      3:44 The wasp did not knock the mantisfly away. The mantisfly jumped back when touch.

    • @lightninlad
      @lightninlad 2 роки тому

      @@sangheilisquanch7338
      😂😂😂🙏

  • @apexshinbi638
    @apexshinbi638 4 роки тому +3298

    “Who are you?”
    *”I’m you, but better”*

    • @maxximuxx520
      @maxximuxx520 4 роки тому +126

      The wasp is more like
      WHO ARE YOU
      I'm yu
      not me you
      That's what I told you
      I'm yu
      are you deaf
      No yu us blind
      Goes to the ant
      what's your name
      I'm mi
      He's me and I'm you
      Wasp goes I'm about to whoop both of your asses
      😂😂😂

    • @conceptofartz276
      @conceptofartz276 4 роки тому +27

      @@maxximuxx520 I understood that reference 7u7

    • @boerepompie8244
      @boerepompie8244 4 роки тому +2

      Matt Ape where’s this from again

    • @maxximuxx520
      @maxximuxx520 4 роки тому +8

      @@boerepompie8244 rush hour 3

    • @Bawks_FEET
      @Bawks_FEET 4 роки тому +1

      Lmao

  • @mrk45
    @mrk45 4 роки тому +2753

    Mantisfly: Hello, fellow wasp.
    Wasp: Oh, so you're a wasp huh? What's your hive number?
    Mantisfly: Err...
    Wasp: STOLEN VALOR! STOLEN VALOR!

  • @aventan9170
    @aventan9170 3 роки тому +45

    Its just incredible to know that a lot of insects, mantis as one of them could evolve into something that mimics something. Their looks changes so much. And in her, especially the wings.

    • @darthmomin8276
      @darthmomin8276 Рік тому +3

      Mantidflies aren’t actually mantids, from what I’ve read, they’re a rare species of lacefly. But the way they evolved to mimic TWO different species is incredible!!

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 Рік тому +1

      Real life Ditto. 😅

    • @astick5249
      @astick5249 Місяць тому

      @@darthmomin8276 wasn't even mimicking mantises, it just came up with the exact same shape independently!

  • @brokentombot
    @brokentombot 3 роки тому +202

    Dude, this is the coolest thing I've seen a while. Well done making this little set up, filming and editing it pretty sweet style, and then helping the analysis of what the critter is doing.

  • @hdjfhhjbfjdhjk4256
    @hdjfhhjbfjdhjk4256 4 роки тому +8336

    How many people here didn't know this creature of destruction existed?

  • @vipervirus081
    @vipervirus081 4 роки тому +12698

    A mantis that looks like a wasp and yeets ants.

    • @almightyalan8942
      @almightyalan8942 4 роки тому +170

      Hahsurbfisbsksbsjdishs ahahahahahahah he said yeeeeeeeet

    • @mecrook5305
      @mecrook5305 4 роки тому +23

      Hahahahahaha

    • @Josh653
      @Josh653 4 роки тому +106

      It's not a mantis. They look similar but are not related.

    • @peety6333
      @peety6333 4 роки тому +7

      Lol..Yeats. love it.

    • @Decipierre
      @Decipierre 4 роки тому +223

      An, Ant-yeeter? 🤔

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak 3 роки тому +381

    Wasp was not an impostor

  • @TazHall
    @TazHall Рік тому +35

    Wouldn't it be neat to have an RPG game based on the fighting abilities of insects, or just animals in general? This creature is practically a judo master.

    • @32-bitcloud
      @32-bitcloud Рік тому +5

      So... Pokemon? 👀

    • @miketesla8550
      @miketesla8550 11 місяців тому +2

      Good idea

    • @splatninja9447
      @splatninja9447 11 місяців тому +3

      That would be fun. Like a bombardier beetle build. Ooh or a swordfighting wasp character. Oh, what if you got the defensive capabilities of the lovable rolly polly along with the lightning fast kung fu mastery of a mantis? Good idea dude that would be a super fun game.

    • @funninoriginal6054
      @funninoriginal6054 10 місяців тому

      Pokemon has been around for 30 years or so, mate.

    • @CornellD.Cavendish
      @CornellD.Cavendish Місяць тому

      Too bad bug type pokemon are useless

  • @mecrook5305
    @mecrook5305 4 роки тому +2590

    Wasp: you took everything from me
    Wasp impersonator: I don't even know who you are

    • @lycheemyusic
      @lycheemyusic 4 роки тому +10

      LOL

    • @st4ne4rmthevill63
      @st4ne4rmthevill63 4 роки тому +88

      Wasp impersonator: the day I came to your village was a day you shall never forget. For me, it was just Tuesday.

    • @SethDanielRiedel
      @SethDanielRiedel 4 роки тому

      Was that a legends of tomorrow reference? 😂

    • @strattonsneedon5978
      @strattonsneedon5978 4 роки тому +21

      Seth Riedel no it was a avengers endgame reference

    • @SethDanielRiedel
      @SethDanielRiedel 4 роки тому +1

      Stratton Sneedon that exact exchange happened in season one of legends of tomorrow between vandal savage and rip hunter. That’s why I was wondering 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @randymartinez6446
    @randymartinez6446 4 роки тому +1851

    The tiny battles that occur as we live our lives.

    • @brighteyes6585
      @brighteyes6585 4 роки тому +99

      The media is too busy with Covid coverage, but this is the real news, folks... They don't want you to see this... Cuteness.

    • @randymartinez6446
      @randymartinez6446 4 роки тому +11

      Bright Eyes 😂

    • @Nostrathomas85
      @Nostrathomas85 4 роки тому +55

      epic battles and epic adventures that go unnoticed right under our feet, interesting little buggers

    • @moonshinedrx9716
      @moonshinedrx9716 4 роки тому +7

      Honestly why not just stab the wasp?

    • @mrjrolmeda2nd107
      @mrjrolmeda2nd107 4 роки тому +8

      Then go smaller to the buggies that live on us! And then the things that live IN us! Yay!

  • @homes24
    @homes24 3 роки тому +10

    4:50 I love how a random child is playing in the background while theres swarms of yellow jackets and mantisfly fighting.

  • @Samah_Morph_exe
    @Samah_Morph_exe 3 роки тому +53

    "There is 1 impostor among us"
    Mantisfly: 👁👄👁

    • @DustGundam
      @DustGundam 3 роки тому +2

      Fucking cringe

    • @dawidek4267
      @dawidek4267 3 роки тому

      @@DustGundam Still not as cringe as having an anime profile picture

    • @DustGundam
      @DustGundam 3 роки тому

      @@dawidek4267 well actually I hate most anime it's just a inside joke with me and my friend

    • @NathanHautain
      @NathanHautain 3 роки тому

      @@DustGundam Oh wow dude you're soooo edgy and cool for hating a kids' game. Get a life.

  • @overlord83n10
    @overlord83n10 4 роки тому +2262

    Wasp: Who are you?
    Mantisfly: I'm you but more nice and likeable

    • @wowza3629
      @wowza3629 4 роки тому +59

      This is true as hecc

    • @xA0SAA
      @xA0SAA 4 роки тому +33

      M o r e n i c e

    • @Kalebnamyeen
      @Kalebnamyeen 4 роки тому +79

      So nice that it yeets ants into the void

    • @Yautah
      @Yautah 4 роки тому +24

      You're the wasp and the mantis is the friend she tells you not to worry about.

    • @dorthusiast
      @dorthusiast 4 роки тому +20

      @@Kalebnamyeen I think it refers more to the fact that it isn't violent to humans (unlike wasps) than its interactions with other bugs.

  • @niclas9990
    @niclas9990 4 роки тому +1764

    Ants are so badass they only have one real strategy: go for it.

    • @ImDallasGonzales
      @ImDallasGonzales 4 роки тому +127

      Niclas overwhelming numbers. *USSR anthem plays in the distance*

    • @tywalker215
      @tywalker215 4 роки тому

      Charlie Sheen motive..

    • @smokinavocado4380
      @smokinavocado4380 4 роки тому +25

      T Walker I was like “did no one else see that ant just go for the bite!!”

    • @dragonbalde101
      @dragonbalde101 4 роки тому +25

      They also believe that as long as the queen is alive everything else is useless. Like if an ant is injured/or sick it'll get tossed so that it not a burden on the others.

    • @NeoNitty
      @NeoNitty 4 роки тому +9

      Niclas they’re fearless...they’ll stand up to any other insect

  • @marianocolsin8968
    @marianocolsin8968 3 роки тому +5

    "this leaf is to small for both of us"

  • @eduardocasado8486
    @eduardocasado8486 2 роки тому +3

    Incredible jab, the mantis has some excellent boxing technique, clearly knows how to manage range against an opponent with a shorter reach

  • @koboldcrusader
    @koboldcrusader 4 роки тому +2712

    Mantisfly: Trick or yeet?
    Ant: Yeet?
    Mantisfly: *YEET IT IS.*

    • @Xae-va
      @Xae-va 4 роки тому +48

      Ant: AAAAAAAAAAA

    • @ultimaxkom8728
      @ultimaxkom8728 4 роки тому +7

      A glass of spiders, please.

    • @fluff955
      @fluff955 4 роки тому +2

      _Yeet_

    • @IgnatianMystic
      @IgnatianMystic 4 роки тому +17

      Ant: Wait, no, that's not what I--
      But he was already yeeting the ant off the leaf.
      Ant: No, I don't want thiAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa...!!

    • @normalperson6095
      @normalperson6095 4 роки тому +2

      That's the best comment on this video

  • @itsyaboiiobi
    @itsyaboiiobi 4 роки тому +2566

    Dudes like a real life pokemon trainer

  • @AlexanderQuinn1
    @AlexanderQuinn1 3 роки тому +10

    Never knew this stuff was so interesting ! crazy watching them fighting like that !

  • @avion682
    @avion682 10 місяців тому +2

    I like how this lacewing actually mimics two different species: the Mantis and the Wasp

  • @HyperXcube
    @HyperXcube 4 роки тому +1596

    4:20 imagine being that fly. It must have been like those Godzilla movies where you watch giants fighting each other just above you

    • @Movie2Documentary
      @Movie2Documentary 4 роки тому +236

      Yeah, and imagine you watched a bit more to the left and see a human recording the leaf and uploading this to UA-cam.

    • @shae4043
      @shae4043 4 роки тому +46

      Movie2Documentary I legit cackled

    • @kurtsaidwhat
      @kurtsaidwhat 4 роки тому +37

      Movie2Documentary And then there’s me, watching it all on my 5 inch phone

    • @jdotboyz7927
      @jdotboyz7927 4 роки тому +31

      And I guess us humans look like world eaters to that fly

    • @onetwonesevennine9517
      @onetwonesevennine9517 4 роки тому +2

      Ñice

  • @pizzaman5344
    @pizzaman5344 4 роки тому +1320

    Wasp: "I fear no man, but that thing... it scares me."

    • @alexptjp9569
      @alexptjp9569 4 роки тому +13

      Pizza man Nice tf2 reference.

    • @GoBuckeyes216
      @GoBuckeyes216 4 роки тому +1

      Alex PTJP what is that

    • @pizzaman5344
      @pizzaman5344 4 роки тому +1

      @@GoBuckeyes216 team fortress 2 meet the pyro video

    • @adameves5970
      @adameves5970 4 роки тому

      If you didn't repeat the pronoun it would sound better. "that thing" and "it" are the same thing. It'd be like saying "my father he is my dad". Just use one pronoun like you are supposed to.

    • @GoBuckeyes216
      @GoBuckeyes216 4 роки тому +7

      Adam Eves I didn’t know this was English class

  • @diamondinthesky4771
    @diamondinthesky4771 3 роки тому +6

    Wasp - "Hey, that's-"
    Mantispid - "That wasp again of all places!"
    Wasp - "I found you, faker!"
    Mantispid - "Faker?! I think you're the fake insect around here! Comparing yourself to me?! HA! You're not even good enough to be my fake!"
    Wasp - "I'll make you eat those words!"

  • @beatles7238
    @beatles7238 Рік тому +2

    This is excellent I love watching insects and how they're not just small & brainless but they know exactly what they are doing, the way the mantis one would put up his front claws like he's boxing just waiting for chance to knock out the other one 😂👍💙

    • @InsectHunter
      @InsectHunter  Рік тому

      Yes insects are very complex and fascinating creatures. So interesting in my opinion.

  • @wayward203
    @wayward203 4 роки тому +1124

    Mantisfly: Hey let's share this honeydew.
    Wasp: Use of lethal force authorized.

    • @DzinkyDzink
      @DzinkyDzink 4 роки тому +10

      Always is for these guys.

    • @DiegoGames-yf5vr
      @DiegoGames-yf5vr 4 роки тому +29

      *communism detected on American soil*

    • @jamesdeegan7365
      @jamesdeegan7365 4 роки тому +5

      wasp: "so you have chosen.......death"
      mantisfly: "i guess ill just have to *YEET* you"

    • @Jurzei
      @Jurzei 4 роки тому +1

      Hmm this is interesting im freaked out by bugs but this actually makes them seem cool

    • @MikeO5
      @MikeO5 4 роки тому

      😂

  • @zack6892
    @zack6892 4 роки тому +905

    Ant: "this is some nice honey dew - oh hello fellow bug"
    Yeetfly: *YEET*

    • @tdagod7687
      @tdagod7687 4 роки тому +18

      This man called it yeetfly! 🤣😂 I'm done bro!

    • @tdagod7687
      @tdagod7687 4 роки тому

      @R.I.P Rick May The Mann Himself 🤣😂 classic song and nearly a billy views light flex

    • @averixx06
      @averixx06 4 роки тому

      R.I.P Rick May The Mann Himself I see that dQw ya bastard, lol.

    • @ahnrho
      @ahnrho 3 роки тому

      War.

  • @jc_malone8217
    @jc_malone8217 Рік тому +3

    Wasp: "Stolen Valor! Do you know how many of my comrades died in that uniform!?"

  • @DanorthxD
    @DanorthxD 10 місяців тому +1

    I love this creature's philosophy. Mantids strike to kill; Mantisflies strike to ... um... throw you away? I imagine maybe those ants had a bit too much armor and mandible to be considered food, and they could be rude and lead more ants up there, so... AWAY WITH YOU! And then the big ol' wasp being rude? AWAY WITH YOU TOO! Leave me to my honeydew and soft-bodied critters.
    Excellent footage. Thank you.

  • @insectilluminatigetshrekt5574
    @insectilluminatigetshrekt5574 7 років тому +3148

    I love this anime

  • @hellothere6142
    @hellothere6142 4 роки тому +1318

    Ant:Hey let’s be frie-
    Mantis-fly:Y E E T

  • @NoFear1979
    @NoFear1979 3 роки тому +1

    Fight Club ON! ^^, Great video and editing and music. Was awesome to see the mantis throw those bugs off the leaf like a wrestlemania badass xD

  • @Brie.açaí
    @Brie.açaí 3 роки тому +4

    The mantis uses his antennas like ears...that’s actually really cool

  • @KnownNiche1999
    @KnownNiche1999 4 роки тому +10082

    Ants: We only turn to violence because we need to feed the colony
    Bees: We only turn to violence to protect our queen
    Wasps: *BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD*

    • @bruhyoulowontime9009
      @bruhyoulowontime9009 4 роки тому +429

      Ah a man of Khorne I see

    • @johnlecavalier6199
      @johnlecavalier6199 4 роки тому +506

      Bruh, ants are arguably the most violent little buggers on the planet. I feel like the aggressiveness of wasps are a bit exaggerated.

    • @shadowviper7222
      @shadowviper7222 4 роки тому +385

      SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE

    • @paulcampbell2153
      @paulcampbell2153 4 роки тому +310

      Hornets: RUN MORTAL, RUN.

    • @festivalboat9068
      @festivalboat9068 4 роки тому +81

      @@johnlecavalier6199 I sprayed water on a wasp before and it left me alone

  • @ProCelestialEmpire
    @ProCelestialEmpire 5 років тому +1872

    I never knew there is such an insect like a hybrid of mantis and wasp exsiting.

    • @InsectHunter
      @InsectHunter  5 років тому +257

      It looks like a hybrid, but it is actually a totally different group of insects. They have just evolved to look like wasps to scare away predators.

    • @BlackBirdFPV
      @BlackBirdFPV 5 років тому +25

      Insect Hunter me too! very impressive

    • @davinci752
      @davinci752 5 років тому +39

      @@InsectHunter Nature is amazing!

    • @cheesse9yearsand
      @cheesse9yearsand 5 років тому +7

      we need 1 of thoses but a human type

    • @stephenblanck6986
      @stephenblanck6986 4 роки тому +12

      This is the prelude to that Mimic movie.

  • @buskingkarma2503
    @buskingkarma2503 Рік тому +3

    This is more entertaining than a cage fight!👀😂

  • @TheOfficialHaKeem
    @TheOfficialHaKeem 3 роки тому +2

    Lmaooo I love the way he just yeets the ant off the leaf😂😂💀 2:38

  • @sol4096
    @sol4096 4 роки тому +1399

    Can we appreciate how wholesome this guy is? He's so passionate about this.

    • @TheBasher-_-
      @TheBasher-_- 4 роки тому +13

      I feel like all he cares about is insects😂

    • @bulletsdrop1667
      @bulletsdrop1667 4 роки тому +8

      Stfu bitch

    • @Ame865
      @Ame865 4 роки тому +29

      @@TheBasher-_- have u watched ants Canada. He cries when his colonies are on the verge of death

    • @shushreverse2214
      @shushreverse2214 4 роки тому

      Yaki Soba fr😂😂

    • @kevinstevens1366
      @kevinstevens1366 4 роки тому +2

      @@bulletsdrop1667 😆😆🤣🤣🤣

  • @kurakburak4668
    @kurakburak4668 4 роки тому +3898

    Wasp: Oh? You're approaching me? Instead of running away, you're coming right to me?
    Mantisfly: I can't knock you from the leaf without getting closer

    • @retrochaos7885
      @retrochaos7885 4 роки тому +136

      Wasp:Ho… mukatta kuruno ka? Nigetsu ni kono DIO ni chikazuite kuruno ka? Sekkaku sofu no Josefu ga watashi no Za Warudo no shotai wo. Shiken shuryu chaimu chokuzen made mondai yo toitte iru jukensee ne you na? Kisshi koita kibun de wo shietekure ta to yuu no ni?
      Mantisfly: Chikadzu kanaka teme wo buchi no me tenain de na.
      Wasp: Hoho! Dewa juubun chikazukanai youi.
      Mantisfly: Ora!

    • @meo7084
      @meo7084 4 роки тому +99

      RETRO CHAOS huh?? Did you recite the entire conversation between the wasp and the yeetfly in the tongue of weebs?

    • @nikushamosidze1951
      @nikushamosidze1951 4 роки тому +11

      eleodoro de la fuente anything from jojo for jojotards is underated

    • @nikushamosidze1951
      @nikushamosidze1951 4 роки тому +4

      eleodoro de la fuente mom jokes is the best way to respond’

    • @memyselfi9576
      @memyselfi9576 4 роки тому +8

      Bzz bzz in that case come as close as you like.

  • @carbon_no6
    @carbon_no6 2 роки тому +2

    The wasp isn’t making the mantid move by force! It’s sensory reaction! Any closer and literally they would be actually touching face-to-face, so before that wasp closes the remaining distance, the mantid jumps back. Could be a startled response as well. But, the antenna moving on the wasp isn’t actually going to have enough force generated to act as a battering ram or even a springboard of sorts. The movement of the antenna is for information and I’m guessing the leg the wasp used to “knock” the mantid off the leaf was more so to communicate with the mantid. Mimicry could lend the wasp to falsely believe the mantid is able to understand their commutation methods.

  • @jaxsonhammerkawk7436
    @jaxsonhammerkawk7436 2 роки тому +2

    Im so glad this just randomly popped up on my feed. I never knew watching insect brawls could be so entertaining lol! The ant yeet was pretty hilarious, had to watch that part a couple of times 🤣

  • @KilIimanjar0
    @KilIimanjar0 4 роки тому +1420

    Other insects: Exist
    Mantis-Fly: *Peace was never an option.*

    • @TitanBeats
      @TitanBeats 4 роки тому +4

      preying mantis's can fly...

    • @flame50000
      @flame50000 4 роки тому

      This comment is actually underrated

    • @KilIimanjar0
      @KilIimanjar0 4 роки тому +13

      @@TitanBeats "Wasp Impersonator Meets the Real Deal, *The Mantisfly* " Literally the video title.. I'm not talking about an actual Mantis

    • @TitanBeats
      @TitanBeats 4 роки тому

      @@KilIimanjar0 Oh, I see I was wrong here, I will let myself out.

    • @andrewbrown6251
      @andrewbrown6251 4 роки тому +1

      Romainsco

  • @xXReimuHakureiXx
    @xXReimuHakureiXx 4 роки тому +940

    Mantispid: Oh you're approaching me. Instead of running away you're coming straight to me.

  • @stooge_mobile
    @stooge_mobile Рік тому

    Dude that metal soundtrack when the insects face off against each other, GOLD! Love it already

  • @partiallyfrozen3425
    @partiallyfrozen3425 9 місяців тому +2

    I didnt know I needed Bug MMA but i enjoyed every second of it.

  • @KoalaKontrolJr
    @KoalaKontrolJr 4 роки тому +14931

    Let’s be honest, nobody wanted the wasp to win

    • @iman5147
      @iman5147 4 роки тому +498

      I kind of did wanted the wasp to win because the wasp didn't do anything but at the same time I wanted the Mantis to win.

    • @sogsmcgee2183
      @sogsmcgee2183 4 роки тому +120

      I did because I don’t like mantises but this one is pretty cool

    • @enjamessimpson
      @enjamessimpson 4 роки тому +186

      @@sogsmcgee2183 Look up an Orchid Mantis. They are the bomb.

    • @sogsmcgee2183
      @sogsmcgee2183 4 роки тому +18

      Ian Simpson oh I know bout them and they are pretty but I still just don’t like mantises

    • @enjamessimpson
      @enjamessimpson 4 роки тому +66

      @@sogsmcgee2183 I happen to love them. I want one as a pet.

  • @Thedreadymissheady
    @Thedreadymissheady 4 роки тому +2635

    Wasp: You're not me!!!
    Mantisfly: You're right... *I'M BETTER*

    • @MoskusMoskiferus1611
      @MoskusMoskiferus1611 4 роки тому +85

      Wasp: *TRIGGERED*

    • @Goatisme
      @Goatisme 4 роки тому +54

      "I'm you but more knocky grabby"

    • @imluvinyourmum
      @imluvinyourmum 3 роки тому +27

      The wasp was angry about cultural appropriation

    • @skuller5553
      @skuller5553 3 роки тому +14

      That wasp is a spy!

    • @stanclark8824
      @stanclark8824 3 роки тому +14

      the mantisfly is the nicer version of a wasp. the one we all need.

  • @MattHalpain
    @MattHalpain 10 місяців тому +1

    Super neat. This is my first time learning about and seeing a Mantisfly.

  • @prodcdebeatz7205
    @prodcdebeatz7205 2 роки тому +1

    one of the best insect videos I've seen. great camera placement

  • @tequilapapii5936
    @tequilapapii5936 4 роки тому +981

    3:52 Daughter casually plays in background as WW3 Insects is happening just a few feet ahead 😂🤣

    • @ihavenowords6769
      @ihavenowords6769 4 роки тому +16

      Jahi B. lol and the ant on the leaf is watching 2 titans fight

    • @lightningstudios113
      @lightningstudios113 4 роки тому +5

      N W 3
      Nature
      War
      3

    • @gamerf1uid
      @gamerf1uid 4 роки тому +2

      Lightning Studios Coming in theaters near you!

    • @dm3402
      @dm3402 4 роки тому

      honestly a perfect example of overseas fighting
      intense, graphic, grueling and a spectacle
      back home: oblivious play and chores abandon

    • @Ostan-jw2bg
      @Ostan-jw2bg 4 роки тому

      777 likes.

  • @danr2652
    @danr2652 4 роки тому +603

    There's a reason why Martial Arts has a Preying Mantis combat style.

    • @TheUnone
      @TheUnone 4 роки тому

      Ye and there's a reason why it's mostly harmless, wasp wasn't in danger by half, but if that stinging attempt of the wasp succeeded, it would be a 1 punch(1 sting?) knockout.

    • @danr2652
      @danr2652 4 роки тому

      @@TheUnone Brute stupid force vs Style. Style wins.

  • @jman5390
    @jman5390 2 роки тому +5

    How in this world did you get this kind of footage? Truly incredible.

  • @fobbitoperator3620
    @fobbitoperator3620 Рік тому +1

    Never seen a mantis looking like a wasp like this. Fascinating!

    • @clognog8049
      @clognog8049 Рік тому +1

      It is more like a lacewing that looks like a mantis that looks like a wasp.

    • @fobbitoperator3620
      @fobbitoperator3620 Рік тому

      @@clognog8049 HHhhhmmmmm, yes. This needs to be officially documented in the Galactic Archives.
      Now please pass the peanut butter & pickles, dammit...

    • @clognog8049
      @clognog8049 Рік тому +1

      @@fobbitoperator3620 you are darn right

    • @fobbitoperator3620
      @fobbitoperator3620 Рік тому

      @@clognog8049 "Priorities!"

  • @nick3xtremegaming212
    @nick3xtremegaming212 4 роки тому +1803

    Imagine evolving to be a wasp mimic but the thing you mimiced tries to kill you

    • @Bruh-ev4pl
      @Bruh-ev4pl 4 роки тому +176

      And then you end up completely destroying them once they do.

    • @bruisedsoup9027
      @bruisedsoup9027 4 роки тому +39

      All that evolution for nothing

    • @aeropostale101nw
      @aeropostale101nw 4 роки тому +104

      @@bruisedsoup9027 As far as I know they don't mimic wasps to scare wasps

    • @Hammer_Of_Olympia
      @Hammer_Of_Olympia 4 роки тому +14

      A man of culture I see, perhaps a scorpion would beat a wasp. One vision. One purpose

    • @timothyramirez6487
      @timothyramirez6487 4 роки тому +22

      Years of academy training wasted!

  • @blackdogadonis
    @blackdogadonis 5 років тому +1442

    First off, I respect the hell out of the fact that you did all this on leaves, and not trapping them in a jar offering no option to opt out. The opting out is a part of nature, and we never really get to see it cause they are always forced to fight. Secondly, I think it's cool that the mantispid seemed to know that one sting from the wasp is deadly, and wasn't fighting with aggression to kill, he was fighting with defence and evasion, difference between tiger Kung fu and judo. Great video man. Subbed

    • @InsectHunter
      @InsectHunter  5 років тому +111

      thanks yeah I don't believe in forcing things to fight. I only like to recreate real life situations that can occur in the wild that we may not normally see on camera.

    • @ahnrho
      @ahnrho 4 роки тому +3

      Yes.

    • @graciliraptor3990
      @graciliraptor3990 4 роки тому

      animals don't lie same

    • @atomic8456
      @atomic8456 4 роки тому +11

      @Demonitized Child He did it for respect not likes

    • @AfroGaz71
      @AfroGaz71 4 роки тому +2

      @Demonitized Child You're just jelly.

  • @dannyrios2511
    @dannyrios2511 3 роки тому +1

    music: super intense
    commentary: has all day and commentates really calm
    love the vid

  • @duckpk10
    @duckpk10 Рік тому +1

    After breaking the grip the wasp uses one of his legs to frame and create space!
    God I love seeing principles of jiujitsu mirrored in nature!

  • @Reckless-02
    @Reckless-02 4 роки тому +1564

    this is how aliens watch two drunk humans fight in the streets and go “here he goes for the kick and kinda misses”

    • @PokeMultiverse
      @PokeMultiverse 3 роки тому +126

      This time on 'Human Planet'

    • @aog1747
      @aog1747 3 роки тому +67

      In this episode of humans well be taking a close look at these two drunk males brawling in a fight for dominance!

    • @LucineDaBee
      @LucineDaBee 3 роки тому +13

      We found two chad-simp humans trying to attract a beautiful female Golddigger. The richer one wins, and now serves the female until he runs out or money.

    • @snipes4ever1982
      @snipes4ever1982 3 роки тому +7

      espisode 3 humans lets insects fight

    • @ungusbungus2486
      @ungusbungus2486 3 роки тому +28

      Look at how he falls and breaks his pelvis. Some people are trying to take him to the hospital but he refuses saying “mega Yoda” will save him.

  • @selenavue1520
    @selenavue1520 4 роки тому +457

    The way he threw that ant back made me laugh so hard!

  • @Jonh_CAT
    @Jonh_CAT Рік тому +3

    "That mantis is a spy!"

  • @critcuts
    @critcuts Рік тому +2

    It's so neat that it's more of a lacewing, I think ant lions are a type of lacewing, it's also neat that not only is it a mimic it's also experiencing convergent evolution with mantis claw appendages, millions of years ago it was just a long fly and it said to itself I want to be a wasp and a praying mantis boom here we are

  • @Irreverent_bob
    @Irreverent_bob 4 роки тому +670

    When he throws the ant he looks like he’s just grossed out to be touching it

    • @shaggy4real97
      @shaggy4real97 4 роки тому +16

      Well you ever grab a handful of ants? It feels weird

    • @Irreverent_bob
      @Irreverent_bob 4 роки тому +4

      Jacob Bozman no but I’d probably react the same way as the mantis fly

    • @shaggy4real97
      @shaggy4real97 4 роки тому +2

      @@Trosper222 never had ants before, but I have tried a roasted cricket

    • @shaggy4real97
      @shaggy4real97 4 роки тому

      @@Trosper222 light crunch, but I little gush from the back end. Slightly unpleasant aftertaste since I think it wasn't roasted thoroughly

    • @shaggy4real97
      @shaggy4real97 4 роки тому

      @@Trosper222 if it was all I had to eat, maybe. If not, just stick with regular snacks like crisps

  • @sempermilites87
    @sempermilites87 4 роки тому +616

    We were able to bring a highly sensitive microphone close to the mimic mantis to listen to its sounds when it struck at the ants. Let's listen.....
    "YEET!!!!!!!!"

    • @StarstrickenBarrel
      @StarstrickenBarrel 4 роки тому +4

      sempermilites87 yes

    • @qingcai8192
      @qingcai8192 4 роки тому +1

      Isn’t a mantisfly technically a mantis

    • @hellothere6142
      @hellothere6142 4 роки тому +3

      Ah yes the yeet
      The mantis-fly’s secret weapon

    • @MCshadr217
      @MCshadr217 4 роки тому

      @@qingcai8192 Not technically. It IS a mantis.

  • @santosakowski9846
    @santosakowski9846 9 місяців тому

    Remarkably clear, and excellent photography. I found this fascinating. Thank you!

  • @astick5249
    @astick5249 Місяць тому

    I love how expressive these things are

  • @smoove_550
    @smoove_550 4 роки тому +997

    Insect Gang Life
    Wasp: what colony u from homie?!

  • @LaserGryph
    @LaserGryph 4 роки тому +249

    So basically, the mantisfly is like a drunk uncle who goes to bars and picks fights.
    Awesome to know.

    • @briannas177
      @briannas177 4 роки тому +1

      i didnt want to like this comment because it was at 69 and i was like "god cant ruin this perfection".....so just know if i could, i would've liked this XD

  • @brucejones7355
    @brucejones7355 Рік тому

    That was really cool to watch. Thanks dude!

  • @aeroanosupremo
    @aeroanosupremo Рік тому

    After 2 years this absolute banger is back on my reccomended again

  • @juanvaldivia8001
    @juanvaldivia8001 4 роки тому +818

    Ant: * minding it's own business *
    Mantisfly: imma YEET this ant's whole career

    • @i.dh1584
      @i.dh1584 4 роки тому +2

      💀

    • @mattdrives4757
      @mattdrives4757 4 роки тому

      @@i.dh1584 I'M DEAD, (almost as dead as the ant)

    • @i.dh1584
      @i.dh1584 4 роки тому

      @@mattdrives4757 I'M DEAD (almost as dead as this emoji --> 💀)

    • @mattdrives4757
      @mattdrives4757 4 роки тому +1

      @@i.dh1584 Oh yeah? Well I'm almost as dead as Epstein (who didn't kill himself)

    • @i.dh1584
      @i.dh1584 4 роки тому

      @@mattdrives4757 Dear god... youre a mortal 😧😬

  • @mykv4792
    @mykv4792 4 роки тому +639

    “Most insects don’t want to fight if they don’t have to”
    Wasp: I want all the smoke!!

  • @ericf.1410
    @ericf.1410 3 роки тому

    The part where the mantis was yeeting ants away was hilarious

  • @RoronoaRob
    @RoronoaRob 10 місяців тому +1

    To be honest that was so interesting. Never knew that there were any bugs like the mantidflies

  • @imgonnagogetthepapersgetth8347
    @imgonnagogetthepapersgetth8347 4 роки тому +727

    "Hey Ma!... I saw a wasp today but he had arms coming out of his neck!"
    "Yeah, ok."
    "No really! He was hitting me with them up on the leaf!"
    "Tommy, you're drunk again. We've all been telling you to keep away from the grapes....ok?"

    • @InsectHunter
      @InsectHunter  4 роки тому +45

      Lol so random and funny.

    • @foxy345a2
      @foxy345a2 4 роки тому +4

      Funny to compare drunk people with animals

    • @prestongarvey8884
      @prestongarvey8884 4 роки тому +2

      @@foxy345a2 I don't know what you mean but ok

    • @hugsfordrugz1033
      @hugsfordrugz1033 4 роки тому +3

      I remember leaving my grape juice out on the porch in the morning and later in the afternoon to take my dog out for a walk I saw some wasps. It was so funny to me because they looked piss drunk and were stumbling around and could barely fly. They must of been in a sugar coma.

    • @danielzhang5842
      @danielzhang5842 4 роки тому +1

      @@prestongarvey8884 I believe insects can get drunk on fermentes grapes or smth

  • @cafeine
    @cafeine 4 роки тому +1142

    Identity theft is not a joke Jim!!! Millions of families suffer every year!

    • @quill7889
      @quill7889 4 роки тому +9

      Office reference, snazzy

    • @abrahamreyes8912
      @abrahamreyes8912 4 роки тому +5

      Dwight 😂

    • @frankk1358
      @frankk1358 4 роки тому +15

      "MICHAEL!!"

    • @naf4lxo742
      @naf4lxo742 4 роки тому +1

      nobody cares

    • @quill7889
      @quill7889 4 роки тому +8

      @@naf4lxo742 I'm just confused on who asked you for your opinion?

  • @masterscambaiters3121
    @masterscambaiters3121 Рік тому

    This channel is awesome.
    Heavy metal in the background and bugs fighting and a dorky sounding guy doing the voice over.

  • @Reviewmonkey5
    @Reviewmonkey5 3 роки тому +2

    When the impersonator is acting suspicious

  • @jacksonhall6384
    @jacksonhall6384 4 роки тому +1629

    Who else just randomly got this in their recommended

    • @deathtrooperbonzai4931
      @deathtrooperbonzai4931 4 роки тому +11

      And welcome, to another round of..
      "Random Recommended Videos"!
      (I'm wondering that with ya too)

    • @johnc5915
      @johnc5915 4 роки тому +4

      I'm searching for vid on how to sharpen a recurbed knife, then I bumped into this mantis thing! wt heck can a mantis do to help sharpen my dull knife?! It's really funny. Lol!

    • @stevelesliehikes
      @stevelesliehikes 4 роки тому +4

      Not sure why this popped up, but also not mad either.

    • @crimzen_
      @crimzen_ 4 роки тому +3

      Same but can they actually use those wings to fly

    • @MC2738
      @MC2738 4 роки тому +1

      Jackson Hall me lol

  • @Ace5665
    @Ace5665 4 роки тому +202

    Didn’t realize how funny it would be to watch a mantis yeet ants.

  • @spitefulraven
    @spitefulraven Рік тому +1

    1:55 Ants farm aphids kinda like we farm cows, so this is most likely a concerned ant farmer coming to defend his cattle from a stranger, lol.

  • @rudragirik745
    @rudragirik745 Рік тому

    🥰 subscribed! 🙏 I am happy that UA-cam introduced me to your channel! I adore these little cutie beauties. ❤️

  • @Jinrou_Yumeno
    @Jinrou_Yumeno 4 роки тому +360

    Wasp: "What are you?"
    Mantispid: "I'm you...but better"

    • @leciawilson2996
      @leciawilson2996 4 роки тому +5

      murdercute88 😂😂😂😂

    • @norwegiannignog2470
      @norwegiannignog2470 4 роки тому +15

      Wasp 1: hey billy, tell everyone about how you met that wasp freak of nature one time
      Wasps: yeah tell us!
      Billy Wasp smoking a cigarette:
      You wouldn't get it.

    • @Idk-cr1ov
      @Idk-cr1ov 4 роки тому +3

      Murder hornet: am I a joke to u

    • @gangstalkingsimulation1319
      @gangstalkingsimulation1319 4 роки тому +2

      😂😂 shits krazzy....

    • @sugoi1581
      @sugoi1581 4 роки тому +2

      With these upgrades

  • @dmwanderer9454
    @dmwanderer9454 5 років тому +152

    The Ant-Yeeting Wasp. Imagine millions of years of evolution so you can effectively throw ants specifically.

  • @lubu7961
    @lubu7961 3 роки тому

    Wow this is about as good to watch as any of the movies that came out between 2019-2020!

  • @jammuk1
    @jammuk1 2 роки тому

    Nice I could see this video. shot naturally and as an Entomologist I have seen the wasp mimicing Mantis today. So many viewers commented on the way it was videographed. Thanks

  • @Tommy9834
    @Tommy9834 4 роки тому +355

    Wasp: You were never one of us. You were nothing but a usurper-a false idol.

    • @eminmuhammed8485
      @eminmuhammed8485 4 роки тому +8

      ay doom reference

    • @CellGames2006
      @CellGames2006 4 роки тому +13

      Mantis: When I left you I was but a learner. Now I am the master.

    • @COOMGUY
      @COOMGUY 4 роки тому +2

      Nice

    • @IgnatianMystic
      @IgnatianMystic 4 роки тому +7

      MY COMPOUND EYES HAVE BEEN OPENED.
      LET ME HELP YOU... TO *SEE.*

    • @HeyLittleTown
      @HeyLittleTown 4 роки тому

      @@IgnatianMystic Mantis

  • @PisaMansodeCapoeira
    @PisaMansodeCapoeira 4 роки тому +415

    Wasp: You think that impersonation is your ally. You merely adopted my looks. I was born in it, molded by it

    • @MasterMacLeod
      @MasterMacLeod 4 роки тому +55

      Mantisfly: Tell your men they work for me now. This is my city.

    • @drsnobby881
      @drsnobby881 4 роки тому +21

      @@MasterMacLeod *This is my leaf

    • @sandcut3887
      @sandcut3887 4 роки тому +2

      Creative

    • @tdagod7687
      @tdagod7687 4 роки тому +6

      These batman references are dope

    • @tdagod7687
      @tdagod7687 3 роки тому

      @@MasterMacLeod still the best superhero movie of them all

  • @jackashmore
    @jackashmore Рік тому

    That mantis and you were like best friends. Also like a trained pet

  • @raphaelultimo1425
    @raphaelultimo1425 3 роки тому +1

    Among us
    Wasp: Crewmate (sees Mantisfly)
    Mantisfly (Uh oh!)
    Wasp: IMPOSTER!!!