5 Insane Insects Found In The Wild! See the incredible and insane predatory and defensive behaviors of the beautiful Devil’s Flower Mantis. In the wild the Devil’s Flower Mantis has a diet that is almost exclusively made up of flying insects. Scorpion Fly is a pretty common insect in the wild that prefers not to fly when they can just walk around. The Scorpion Fly also has a stinger looking appendage that is really a clasper used in mating. Antlion has been given this name because of their awesome predatory behavior in the wild. The Antlion insect behaves is a similar way to the Sarlacc pit monster in the Star War’s Movie Return of the Jedi. The Japanese Giant Hornet has an extremely interesting insect family life as the larva provide fluid that the workers consume. If you provoke a Japanese Giant Hornet their sting can inject venom that will attack the human nervous system and cause tissue damage. Lord Howe Island Stick Insect is a critically endangered insect that was believed to have gone extinct in the wild. Conservation efforts are being made to captive breed the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect in order to reintroduce them into the wild.