Praying mantis, also called preying mantis, or mantid.
"Praying mantises" or "praying mantes" are both accepted, as is "praying mantids".
Funny question! Praying mantis, try spelling it like Preying mantis. Preying means waiting to catch prey. Thus making it a carnivore. ~Amythefairy
Only the Praying Mantis can turn its head 360 degrees
Yes , there are ; such as The Preying Mantis in the Kung-Fu Fighter comics , Praying Mantis Man in the Blue Beetle Comics , Praying Mantis in The Tick Comics .
An adult praying mantis can only go a day or two without food.
Preying mantises need live food. Just leave the insect in the jar with the mantis. If the mantis will not eat, that probably means that it is not hungry.
The praying mantis. Sometimes, she even eats her mate during the mating act.
Preying mantis feed on a wide range of small animals, If it is small enough for the mantis to catch and eat, it will do so: insects and other arthropods, small lizards, birds, mammals... Just about anything. Preying mantis are excellent predators.
In Nepal an ancient king named Quone pellein thought they looked like they were praying when he found them in the mountains in 1675
Camouflage !.. A preying mantis eats insects for food. Being 'disguised' as a leaf makes it harder for the prey to see it until it's too late.
no -No mantis is poisonous or harmful to humans in any way. Though their claws do hurt, sometimes.