INTERESTING FACT

Male mantis after work.....
Hii funny i am home,,,,,aaaaaaaaa,,,,,wtf

This crazy Praying Mantis reminds me of Mexican sculptures called alebrijas.

It does look stunning.

We have female in captivity since birth.
She has always been a real good eater and very aggressive towards the crickets and flies we feed her.
12 days ago she was mated with a female and went through the process for almost 4 hours before the male escaped and walked away.
Since then her appetite has diminished to almost nothing and we are fearful she won't make it long enough to produce her egg packages.
Any advice???
Please help.
Thanks,
Glen

I love praying mantis. that's the beauty of a predator I like.

I found it a bit disturbing that all these students where basing an entire report upon this one site... When I need facts, I use an encyclopedia. Praying Mantis is a slang term for the proper name "mantid". More information on these awesome little creatures can be found in any encyclopedia. Here is one for britannica online:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/362942/mantid

dont forget to search for images of them to see all the neat kinds!

Although the praying mantis is known for its cannibalistic mating process in actuality it only occurs 5-31% of the time. Especially in laboratory conditions of bright lights and confinement, the female is more likely to eat the male as means of survival. "In nature, mating usually takes place under cover, so rather than leaning over the tank studying their every move, we left them alone and videotaped what happened. We were amazed at what we saw. Out of thirty matings, we didn't record one instance of cannibalism, and instead we saw an elaborate courtship display, with both sexes performing a ritual dance, stroking each other with their antennae before finally mating. It really was a lovely display". (7) There is one species, however, the Mantis religiosa, in which it is necessary that the head be removed for the mating to take effect properly. (5) Sexual cannibalism occurs most often if the female is hungry. But eating the head does causes the body to ejaculate faster. (3)

Source: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1801

i have baby praying mantis, they ate the fruit flies that came with them right away, any help as to else to feed them, thanx denny

Ummmmm.... What's up with the strange monster as my pick..? 0.o

Haha, poor male! Anyway, I need one more fact, GAAAH!!!! Stupid homework!!! ^.^

A mantis is called a praying mantis becuse it looks like its praying.It is an insectivore.It eats lizards snakes birds and sometimes even rodents. It can turn green or brown (camoulflage) only in does colours.

If you have any facts please email me at ameenarules@hotmail.com (different facts or i will fail!)

AAAHHH if i dont get more facts on the praying mantis I will fail sweventh grade!!!!! help me!! if u no of any site that would be helpful for me i would love to check them out. you could also email me at tosagirl1125@yahoo.com or on facebook

Well, I had posted that I was afraid of the Mantis to get on me.... It did fly on me. Onto my T-shirt towards the back. I got it onto a plant. Whew!!! I couldn't get past the fear. Now it has gone from the garden. Darn! I have been looking for it. Maybe I was BUGGING it too much. ha ha I found it a caterpillar and offered it but it only looked at it. Later I saw that it was gone. Maybe it will return. One evening I put some water on a leaf and sat it next to it. It came over and licked?/ate? the water off into its mouth. I thought we were then bonded. Weird how an insect can seem to be knowing. It may have flown to greener pastures. I enjoyed it while it was here. :)

If I don't I will fail badly.

I want the praying mantis, in my yard, to get on me but I am afraid of it. Will it bite me? It keeps walking towards me but then I become afraid.

OMG OMG
I NEED MORE FACTS
ORELSE I WILL FAIL!

OMG!!!I need info on praying mantises,or i will FAIL FIFTH GRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stupid!!

REGARDING THE FEMALE MANTIS EATING THE HEAD OFF OF THE MALE BEFORE MATING, I FOUND THIS INTERESTING INFORMATION.

For some 200 years it was thought that the female praying mantis decapitated her male partner before mating in order to induce a sexual response. However, recent studies by biologists show that is not the case at all. “The male mantis performs a ritual dance and the female, instead of attacking her mate, responds with a dance of her own,” reports Science magazine. “It ends with a non-threatening posture signaling her receptiveness.” What caused the misconception? Stressful conditions and lack of food, say the biologists. In original studies, the insects just weren’t given enough food, and the female mantis is usually more hungry than amorous.

I think the reason the female eats the male is probably for one of the following reasons, or a few of them:

1-She might be starving, and the male is right by, why not?
2-Eating the male will provide a high amount of proteins and vitamins which will help the development of the '' ootheca(egg)''
3-It causes the release of sperm to be more vigorous during sex, thank god its not like that for humans XD
4-(joke)The male mantis admitted he had sex with another mantis before doing it with her XD

Well, Ive seen this happen before, so this is a true fact

it continues mating with a headless mate then eats the rest of him.

HAE D0OES ANY ONE HAVE ANY GOOD FACTS ABOUT PRAYING MANTIS'S I HAVE THIS PRESENTATION I HAVE TO DO AND I DONT HAVE ANY FACTS HELP!!!!!!

Yeah i guess but it better than being something else like i dont know a spider the male always gets eaten after mating at least if the male makes a good impression he might live.

"Who wants to be a mantis?"
i would feel used.. but die happy i guess? :D

wow