They are named praying mantis because of their tyical "prayer-like" stance. The word mantis derives from the Greek word mantis for prophet or fortune teller.
I also thin it came from back then when people would say "Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite"
Praying mantises don't really originate from any where they are everywhere but many species like the Chinese praying mantis originated from china and were used there for biological pest control because they ate all the harmful insects for the plants and where later brought from there for pest control here and are sold at local plant nurseries
It looks as if it is holding its hands as in prayer.
because when i stands still i looks like its praying. The two hands are together.
they come from gerioga
The praying mantis is a carnivore. It ambushes insects that come too near.
The praying mantis. Sometimes, she even eats her mate during the mating act.
The plural of praying mantis is praying mantises or praying mantes. The plural of grasshopper is grasshoppers.
A Praying mantis is a invertebrate
Praying Mantis
are praying mantis in the bible
Praying Mantis is a general term covering many species. For all animals, the Family level ends in -idae so the Family is known as --ids.
Most species of mantis can fly, including the praying mantis.
The female praying mantis are famous for eating the male after mating.
No a Praying Mantis is harmless to a human.
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