A Scorpion, Gecko, and Praying Mantis Are Having A Turf War On The Side Of My House

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
09/21/2017 at 00:38 • Filed to: Bugs

And it is pretty much the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. The scorpion just stung the praying mantis who then flew into the yard and came back with another mantis. Then the gecko called in reinforcers and like 5 more came down from the eaves of the roof and swarmed one of the mantises. I wish I could stay out here and see how this ends but I need to get to bed.

DISCUSSION (22)

Wheelerguy > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 00:49

Wish I was there to see the action.

Rico > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 00:53

I want a good clean fight, now

Kinja'd!!!

Theropod > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 00:56

And this is why I don’t live wherever it is that you live. I had the door out to the deck standing open this evening for three hours, no screen. Number of critters that came in to the house? Zero. No gnats, flies or mosquitoes.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Wheelerguy
09/21/2017 at 01:03

I’d say come on by but I don’t think this will last all that long.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 01:04

plz livestream

random001 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 06:16

That’s pretty awesome. Any carcasses this morning?

Tripper > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 06:40

Awesome! I would have intervened if the scorpion gained any ground. Friend of Gecko, friend of Mantis, Scorpion can fuck off. Also Praying Mantis’ are aliens.

Cé hé sin > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 06:55

Wherever that is, remind me never to live there.

Stapleface > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 07:14

The scorpion didn’t kill the mantis it stung? I thought their venom was pretty darn toxic?

It’s like a high stakes game of Risk.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 07:45

It’s like Fallout New Vegas on the side of your house.

MM54 > Theropod
09/21/2017 at 07:56

Wait, why don’t I live where you live?

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 08:07

At the vary least you should have supplied arms to the geckos. Clearly they’re the preferred victors.

DipodomysDeserti > Theropod
09/21/2017 at 08:17

What do you think are eating the gnats, flys, and mosquitos?

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
09/21/2017 at 08:31

We have to keep them alive so they can save us 15% on our car insurance.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Stapleface
09/21/2017 at 08:33

I don’t know if the scorpion actually got him. He ran up to the mantis and stabbed with the tail, but the mantis might have taken off before actually getting hit. It was a close call and I was just watching with a flashlight so it was hard to tell for sure. The scorpion definitely tried to sting though.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Tripper
09/21/2017 at 08:36

I thought about taking out the scorpion just to keep it out of the house, but it didn’t really seem to interested in heading towards the door so I just left it alone.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > random001
09/21/2017 at 08:37

No carcasses. One of the two mantises and one gecko were still there. I don’t know if that means the others got killed/eaten or just retreated.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
09/21/2017 at 08:38

If I see this again I will. I was just coming back to the house from walking the dogs and had to get to bed.

random001 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 08:46

Or they are ninjas. Don’t discount that possibility.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/21/2017 at 10:34

I’d stay up for that.

S65 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
09/23/2017 at 21:47

Who won?

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > S65
09/23/2017 at 23:18

So... I’m assuming gecko. In the morning there was no scorpion and only one mantis so either the gecko at two or just pushed them back but I’m gonna say he won.