| The praying mantis is an interesting
insect. It is a very different insect because of the way its body
is shaped. The praying mantis is an insect with short, broad wings.
Its arm-like legs have sharp hooks to kill its prey. It
stays mostly in warm climates and grows to about 2 to 3 inches in a life
time. It eats other insects and bugs. The female will sometimes
eat the male mantis.
The color of the mantis is the color
of the leaves it lives on. This helps it hide so it can catch its
prey. The praying mantis hatches eggs differently than other insects.
They make a sticky substance that helps attach the eggs to a stick or twig.
The mantis then leaves the eggs attached all summer. When spring
arrives the baby mantis come out of their eggs.
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