Praying Mantis

by Kasia Bitner

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Praying Mantis

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Kasia Bitner

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Photograph - Photography

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Thank you for viewing my artwork! This praying mantis I found sitting on one of my plants in my garden.

Mantodea (or mantises, mantes) is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species and about 430 genera in 15 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae.

The other common name, often applied to any species in the order, is "praying mantis",because of the typical "prayer-like" posture with folded fore-limbs, although the eggcorn or folk etymology "preying mantis" is sometimes used in reference to their predatory habits. In Europe and other regions, however, the name "praying mantis" refers to only a single species, Mantis religiosa. The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (order Blattodea). They are sometimes confused with phasmids (stick/leaf insects) and other elongated insects such as grasshoppers and crickets, or other insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies.

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January 2nd, 2011

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