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theMAntis would have morelikely suffocated than died of poisoning, drawing on it is like taping parts of your lungs down

Since insects don't have a respritory system per sae they diffuse oxygen through their exoskeleton, so the ink probably blocked off the openings in the exoskeleton after it absorbed into the mantis..


FUN FACT: insects size in tropical/or forested areas (I assume thats where you found the mantis.) is dependant on oxygen concentration, cuz of all that diffusion jazz