What would you get if you crossed a wasp and a mantis? And no, this isn’t MCU fan fiction. The very real animal kingdom has just such a creature, called a mantisfly. But it is neither praying mantis ...

The insect shown here is a native insect called a praying mantis. Its name comes from the way it holds its large front legs, as if praying. There are about 20 species of praying mantis native to the U ...

At this time of year, some nurseries start selling the egg cases of Chinese mantis as a biological control for the garden. These alien-looking insects are praying mantis and are harmless to humans, ...

The European mantis (Mantis religiosa) or praying mantis is a species of praying mantis native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. The praying mantis was introduced in North America at the end of the 19th ...