Praying Mantis

It really depends on the species. Some mantises of the same species may be green or brown, depending upon the climate and surroundings. If the area is humid or wet, they'll most likely be green.

The body of a mantis is divided into three parts: the abdomen, head, and thorax. The praying mantis' head has two antennae, compound eyes, and a mouth, These insects also have six jointed legs, two forelegs, and wings.

The bite of a praying mantis is not

harmful to human as they are not poisonous. If a child is bitten by a praying mantis simply wash the area of the bite and reassure the child that they will be fine.

up to 4 inches in the northwest

-It varies. Some are small, about an inch or so like in my backyard or the flower-dwelling types, and some can get big like the 4 inches mentioned above. I think some can even get a foot long, though I'm not sure.

The Praying Mantis have a triangular head used for turning 180 degrees to scan it's surroundings. That is one adaptation.

Praying mantis will eat fruit fliys, aphids, and any small bug you can find out dores exept for spiders. adult praying mantes will eat flies, small roches, and any other slitly larger insect you can find.

well... when a female and a male mantis mate and are "done" IF the female is like starving( only when starving) she actually will eat her mate. the male will not eat the female unless also starving but that is more unlikely then a female eating a male.

if you keep two mantis's in one cage or habitat, one might eat the other.

Praying Mantids can lose their limbs, especially in the process of incomplete metamorphosis. If the environment is too dry they can have trouble shedding their skin and can lose a limb in the process. If this happens, YES it is possible for a mantis to re grow the lost limb, but only the next time it moults. This means that if a mantis is a fully established adult, (if it has developed wings), it will NOT be able to re grow the lost limb.

Praying mantises (mantodea or mantes) is an order of insects with over 2,400 species in 15 families worldwide. The largest family is Mantidae.

Yes you can, just make sure you keep it in a cage and look up a care sheet if you want to keep o\it. Please use a cage because I don't want your mother to get mad! You can take it out of the cage if you want to, but be careful because you might hurt it accidentally.

praying mantis makes good pets. make sure you feed them good are they might try to run away.

Occasionally. Mostly their diet consists of insects, but some of the larger species eat small rodents, fish, birds, lizards and frogs.

12 to 200

Not fruits:

Praying Mantis's or Mantids prefer to catch their own food. You can purchase crickets, meal worms, or other insects at many pet stores, or catch flies and release them into the mantis's cage. Their diet is high in protein, so if you have a pet and it is unable to get food on it's own, you may be able to give small amounts of canned (ground) cat food slowly by spoon...nudging it gently towards it's mouth.

Water it the same way if unable to fend for its self.

no no species of mantis are poisonous.

the praying mantis is helpful to humans because the eat bugs and insects that are harmful to plants.

however, do not pick them up in your hand. seems that inside a closed fist they tend to "freak out" and you will fill something like a small explosion and afterwards notice that your hand and fingers have been littered with almost 100 little spikes! NOT FUN! AND IT DID HURT!

some farmers have even recorded the same "explosion" type experience within grazing cattle. the cow would incidentally partake a mantis while grazing in a pasture and the mantis would "explode" in their little "freaking out" ball of fury and leave painful and potentially bacterial starting spikes in the cows mouth.

The praying mantis tends to follow a general behaviour traits though most species, which is swaying slightly when on the move which imitates the wind. They also stay extremely still and will only move if disturbed, catching a prey item or just generally relocating to another perch spot.

A typical praying mantis usually spends its time camouflaged and waiting for insect prey to pass by. Other than that, they mate, drink water droplets, and lay egg-sacks that contain anywhere from 50-200 baby praying mantises. They do not harm humans.

Praying mantis are carnivors, eating almost anything living (insects - flies, aphids, grasshoppers) that get close enough to grab. Praying mantis like a warm and humid regions for a habitat, they can be found in North and South America, Europe, Southern Asia, Australia and South Africa. There are more than 2000 species, of that 20 species are native to the United States.

Praying Mantises or Praying Manti.

Or praying mantids :)

A praying mantis is classified as an insect, which means it has six appendages.

You must move very slowly towards the praying mantis you are planning on catching, the safest way of catching one is to get a glass or plastic jar and a lid in your pocket, now come toward it very slowly and then quickly cover it with the jar and put on the lid.

Remember to punch air holes into the lid and voila you have your praying mantis. But a glass or plastic jars do not make good homes for your new found praying mantis, buy a aquarium and put in grass and dirt and make it look like outside.

Now carefully put your new pet inside.

there is a big difference between the two insects stick bugs eat only plants and mostly resemble sticks most stick bugs do not have wings some species however do.mantis are strictly carnivores eating only insects most mantis have wings and are able to fly most mantis resemble leaves and some times sticks.

They definitely live in Maine. My 13 year old son has found 3 in the past month! (this is August) The last two were 3" long and he found them on the face of our garage. They will be short lived though, because they will lay their eggs and then die this fall.

none as the spider eats the praying mantis.