A praying mantis appeared to join a party as it danced on a concert-goer's head. Footage shows the insect waving upwards and forwards its front limbs, seemingly in rhythm with music, while perched ...

If You See a Praying Mantis, Here’s the Spiritual Significance of Them Appearing in Your Life originally appeared on Parade. Wondering about the spiritual meaning of the praying mantis is ...

A seemingly innocent praying mantis has been caught on camera munching down an unexpectedly large prey: a hummingbird. The video, which shows the mantis hanging upside down from a tree branch ...

The praying mantis is unique among insects in its ability to turn its head a full 180 degrees, so it is difficult to approach them undetected.

Praying mantis are related to grasshoppers, crickets, roaches and katydids. They belong to an order of insects called Orthoptera. There are about 1500 to 2000 different species of mantis ...

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.

About 1,800 species of praying mantids exist around the world. People often refer to any mantid as praying mantis, but mantises are part of a smaller group within the mantids. They get their name ...

A praying mantis is a lanky insect with a triangular head, large eyes, and six long legs, the front two of which seem to be perpetually lifted in prayer. But with over 2,400 species of them on the ...