The praying mantis got its name from the Greek word mantikos, which means soothsayer or prophet. This name was given to them ...

The adult praying mantises don’t survive our winters, instead the female will eventually produce an egg case-called an ootheca–which contains up to 200 eggs.

The adult praying mantis will live in the wild about one year. Our winter climate is too harsh for these insects to overwinter, thus it is important for them to reproduce for the next year.

Julie Hunziker Special to the Yakima Herald-Republic Aug 29, 2023 0 1 of 2 A praying mantis hangs from a wire in a garden on Aug. 28, 2019, in Overland Park, Kan. Charlie Riedel, Associated Press file ...

A praying mantis (left), a horned treehopper (middle) and a species of an assassin bug (right) are photographed. Read on for fascinating and numerical facts on these bugs and others. (iStock) ...

The adult praying mantis will live in the wild about one year. Our winter climate is too harsh for these insects to overwinter; thus it is important for them to reproduce for the next year.

Mantis are not picky about what they eat even if it’s one of their siblings. Anything of the right size is fair game, and their fellow egg case mates make the perfect single serving first meal.

Lohit Garikipati discovered a new species in the praying mantis family. He first spotted the bug a few years ago in Arizona, but it didn't molt into an adult.

At first glance, they resemble praying mantises, but they are not: mantis lacewings (Mantispidae) belong to the lacewings (Neuroptera) and occur worldwide, with around 400 species currently in ...