Q: Can you tell me about the praying mantis? I am planning to purchase an egg case next spring for my garden. Answer: The mantis belongs to the grasshopper family. It is long and thin, with prominent ...

The insect shown here is a native insect called a praying mantis. Its name comes from the way it holds its large front legs, as if praying. There are about 20 species of praying mantis native to the U ...

That intriguing time of spring is approaching when Mom Nature brings on new broods of her insect kids. And one that always catches my eye is the praying mantis. Even the name intrigues me. One of the ...

It’s very difficult to forget the distinctive appearance of a praying mantis after seeing one for the first time. The most common species of mantis here in East Central Indiana is the Chinese praying ...

While there are somewhere around 2,000 species of mantids around the world, only three are common on Staten Island. In addition to the native Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), the European ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- A giant, robotic grasshopper crouched on his haunches behind Veronica Kandl as she peeked at real insect carcasses inside specimen cases featured in Grand Rapids Public Museum's "Big, ...