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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 English common name for the order is the mantises, or rarely (using a Latinized plural of Greek mantis), the mantes. The name mantid refers only to members of the family Mantidae, which was, historically, the only family in the Order, but with 14 additional families recognized in recent decades, this term can be confusing. 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 "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.
While out in the back yard looking for Monarch caterpillars I came across this baby preying mantis waiting in the tall dried grasses for perhaps a dragon fly to come its way.
Chinese Mantis (Tenodera Sinensis)
Nikon 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro. Hand held, single frame shot at f/8.
"In all the kingdom of the living, there is no more deadly or voracious creature than the Preying Mantis!"
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Praying Mantis for The Chapter Four, June 4th
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Es un género cosmopolita de insectos mantodeos de la familia Mantidae que incluye la mantis religiosa, uno de los mantodeos más conocidos y frecuentes de Europa. La mantis es un insecto depredador fuerte, pero no es venenoso. La mantis religiosa puede cazar ratones, lagartijas, mariposas, pinzones cebras, ranas, serpientes de coral y demás insectos y animales que viven en pantanos y charcas.[cita requerida] Tras el apareamiento, la hembra, de mayor tamaño, en algunas ocasiones se come al macho.
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Una pequeña Mantis muy curiosa
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Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis.
The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies (Mantispidae). Mantises are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species are found actively pursuing their prey. They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, then die. The eggs are protected by their hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation.
Mantises were considered to have supernatural powers by early civilizations, including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Assyria. A cultural trope popular in cartoons imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. Mantises are among the insects most commonly kept as pets.
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