During my first semester at NTU, I saw one of these enormous bugs outside of my classroom, inside the business building! I was pretty shocked, because this is no small bug we are talking about... it's bigger than my nose (which is quite large, I must say)!
Ever since seeing that bug, I always wanted to get another chance to see one, so I could document this thing... I mean, I guess it makes sense, as this is a tropical area, but me being a New Yorker, I've never
seen such a thing!
I never saw another one, until last week, when I was going through the night market to get some food. This time, I was prepared... but decided against eating it...
I think this is a praying mantis. I Googled and found this link for your reference.
ReplyDeletehttp://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2005/09/29/praying-mantis/
I was wondering about that originally, too, although I never got the chance to look it up.
ReplyDeleteI think you may be right. It does seem similar, but there are some key differences in the eyes and neck area... maybe it's an Asian version of the mantis...