Praying Mantis

The Praying Mantist can be found in most part of the world that have a mild winter and plenty of vegetation. They spend most of thier time in highly vegetated areas such as gardens, forest, and such. Hope I gave you a information on where Praying Mantist live! Bye-bye!

They keep the insect count low and kill insects that harm plants

In Nepal an ancient king named Quone pellein thought they looked like they were praying when he found them in the mountains in 1675

their predators are birds, lizards, bats, snakes and turtles

Praying Mantises come in a variety of colors since there are more than 2,000 species. They are often green or brown in color, but there are many species that come in a variety of other colors and even patterns. Typically, praying mantises match the colors of their habitat. If a mantis lives on a specific flower, then it might have similar colors on its own body such as pink, yellow, and white.

Yes, a praying mantis is a carnivore, which means it eats meat. It will eat other insects, as well as lizards and even small birds, like humming birds, if the mantis is big enough.

I have had quite a few as pets, I have one right now and I have fed them fruit up until they are a few weeks old. Then I also feed them live bugs and fruit. They eat more fruit than they do insects, as far as I can see. My current pet barely eats insects at all, they like bannannas, apples, especially oranges, ect.

yes praying mantises do eat Spiders. they eat crickets and any bu thats not to big.

Very often, the female eats the male. For praying mantis males, sex is a dangerous activity, since the females tend to eat them during copulation. However, the treat of death does not damage a male's sex drive. In fact, once the male's head has been chewed off, a nervous reflex causes him to copulate more vigorously. only if a male approaches the femal extremely carefully from behind, out of reach of her grasping forlegs, and then makes a hasty retreat, can he avoide being eaten.

Insects have three ways to survive winter, some migrate, some go into a larvae stage, and some lay their eggs in thick casings which survive winter. The latter is what the mantids do. Butterflies migrate, as in the Monarch. Dragonflies lay their larvae in ponds and survive under the ice emerging in the spring. The Praying Mantis has a short life span, rarely over a year. They lay their eggs in a thick foamy looking case that survives the cold. The babies hatch in the spring and are little look alikes to the adult. The hatch ready to eat, and will even eat each other. They molt as they grow, up to five times in a life span.

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Crickets, flightless fruit flies, grape leaf skeletonizer larvae, junebugs, maggots, and any other insect they can get their raptor arms on.

While a praying mantis is eating it tends to actually make a crunching sound. Praying mantis do have small stomachs so they tend to eat small insects like bees, moths, and flies. The crunching sound is made from them eating. If praying mantis are not eating, they do not make any

The praying mantis gets red eyes sometimes when it it angry.Also nothing bad will happen to the mantis so you dont have to worry hope this helped ^_^

Yes, it can. It is really interesting to watch. It is the only insect that can turn it's head.

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.

Anything you want! You could even make up a name like, MaKayla with the first a sounding like ant. I had the same problem naming my stuffed manitee and I named her MaKayla. Don't call me a freak but you could also call her Mandy or Mandoline.

Before striking, the mantis will sway or rock back and forth. Scientists disagree about why. Some believe it is mimicking the movement of leaves in the wind. Others think that swaying helps the mantis focus its eyesight.

they do exist in Illinois

I just caught one in barrington and released in my yard it is the second one Ive seen Ill in 30 years

Funny question! Praying mantis, try spelling it like Preying mantis. Preying means waiting to catch prey. Thus making it a carnivore.

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Praying mantises, as far as I know, are not full of poison. Although they secrete a chemical in their jaws to paralyze prey, their body consists of an exoskeleton and normal internal body parts such as organs and muscles.

Mantis nymphs may molt five to ten times in all, depending on the species. They grow larger with each molt. The last time it slips out of its tight skin, it will have fully formed wings. At first, they are wrinkled and pale. Soon they are stretched out and begin to dry.

Yes it does eat. i Have feed it many crickets. She attacks them everytime. One time she ate one upside down. When they are done eating they clean them self's like cats do.