What is this?

[JTL]

A friend captured this worm, it is about an inch long, is segmented and has legs like a centipede.

 

[Alysiak00]

that ain't no worm brotha....its a mantis!

 

[JTL]

I assume that is not good.

 

[JTL]

"worm" was her description, I told her from the pic it looked like a lobster. Now I know what a mantis looks like. They have lost 3 cleaner shrimp in the last month, I think the crime is solved. Thanks.

 

[Alysiak00]

thats definitely what ate your cleaner shrimps. look in the mantis forum to gain more info. they're neat if you keep a dominant mantis tank but a lot of people see them as pests because they consume everything else

 

[crsswift70]

Also warn your friends they can cause some real damage if not careful. Not something you want to put your fingers next to.

 

[d3rryc]

Also warn your friends they can cause some real damage if not careful. Not something you want to put your fingers next to.

Hence the nickname, "thumb-splitters"...