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No phil doesn't, sadly. :P(They can be trained to, and I've only had him exactly 3 weeks today, so only time will tell) Phil is too small to crack class, that's G.chigira O.scyllarus and some other big ones. and then the class has to be >8mm thick. The Phil is an N.wennerae, and they only get 3". The larger ones that break the glass get 8" or more (I think the largest mantis is a spearer-Hemisquilla spp.-at about 15" long. ), phil is a smasher BTW. The fabled "Thumbsplitter" (one that can cut down to the bone) is actually a californian (smasher, I think) species that can reach striking speeds in the area of 10meters/second, and approaches the force of a .22 caliber bullet. Phil has flicked his "feeding tube" (eyedropper full of adult artemia, fills 1/2-3/4 of his diet) occasionally, and I can tell you, I am REALLY impressed. He can--in just a few milli-seconds-- easily produce enough force to smash a snail shell to pieces. Mind you, I mean an ASTREA snail shell! Anyways, back to phil . Lately he's been acting smug...HE KNOWS HE HAS BETTER EYES THAN ME!!! HE KNOWS IT.... Yes, they do have better eyes, and yes , I did say smug....because he IS acting smug....