True Facts About The Mantis
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 Published On Feb 14, 2013

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European mantis. Empusa pennata
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A spiny flower mantis is sitting on a rolled leaf.
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A Ghost mantis nymph is sitting on a branch.
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Empusa fasciata mantis
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Praying Mantis. on white background
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A Thai green mantis is posing for a portrait.
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praying mantis staring back with leg in mouth. In the act of grooming
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Praying Mantis head shot taken with a Macro lens
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A thai green mantis nymph is putting his front foot on a cricket that is too big to eat.
Cathy Keifer/Shutterstock.com

A Chinese mantis nymph is eating a cricket while standing on a leaf.
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A macro shot of an Australian Praying Mantis eating a cricket
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Praying Mantis eating a Monarch Butterfly on purple flowers
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A praying mantis sees a grasshopper and is surprised.
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Face Off!
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Mantis vs Hummingbird, Rematched
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Praying mantis mating and eating
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Mantis
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Two female praying mantis fighting
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A mantis while eating her mate
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Mantis nymphs are being born from an egg case. They emerge attached to a tiny silk line.
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Mantis nymphs are emerging from an egg case after incubating for about 5 weeks.
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Extreme macro shot of a Praying mantis
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Praying Mantis
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Portrait of the Praying Mantis close-up 1:1 isolated on wite
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Female Praying Mantis, Rhombodera Basalis, in front of white background
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Mantis on the rock
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Green mantis eats a grasshopper
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Green mantis eats a grasshopper
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