Spore Mantis

The Spore Mantis is a giant parasitic insect monster that appears in the 2017 Legendary Pictures film Kong: Skull Island.

Personality
Spore Mantises are carnivores. They are less aggressive than some of the other predators on Skull Island, with one withdrawing from a potential fight with a Skullcrawler.

Kong: Skull Island
While attempting to contact the other members of his team, Jack Chapman sat down on a fallen log, which suddenly began to move. Chapman fell off the log, which revealed itself as a Spore Mantis. Chapman scrambled to recover his machine gun and fired it at the creature, damaging its wood-like armor. After calling out several times, the Spore Mantis turned and walked away. Confused, Chapman turned around, only to be confronted by a Skullcrawler, which promptly killed and ate him.

Camouflage
With its tree-like body, the Spore Mantis can blend in with surrounding forests.

Physical abilities
Spore Mantises possess "bone-crushing" jaws.

Sap
Spore Mantises digest and envelop their prey with a "protein-rich sap." As a result, their victims can easily be identified in their "crystalline amber" feces.