“The mantis swiftly seized its prey with its powerful forelegs.”

“Inside were taxidermically preserved specimens of a hummingbird, snake, bat, lizard, frog, and praying mantis.”

“The mantis will attack butterflies, bees, beetles, frogs, spiders, mice, lizards, and small birds.”

“The Empusa, which forms another genus of mantid, has the antenn indented like a comb in the males, thread-like in the females.”

“There is a popular opinion that mantid males always are eaten, but many escape under natural conditions.”

“According to superstition, the brown saliva of a mantid can cause blindness in a man, and a mantid, if eaten, can kill a horse or mule.”

“While seizing Mantes, William either fell ill or was injured by the pommel of his saddle.”

“His own revolted town of Mantes was the first object of his fury.”

“Or you can use biological controls, such as praying mantids, predator flies and beneficial nematodes.”

“In the majority of cases, the terrestrial hosts are carnivorous animals such as carabid beetles, praying mantids or crickets.”

“The book is full of these sequences, with frogs, pinkies, mantids, tarantulas, snakes, and more.”