A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
The praying mantis is named for its prominent front legs, which are bent and held together at an angle that suggests the position of prayer. The larger group of these insects is more properly called the praying mantids. Mantis refers to the genus mantis, to which only some praying mantids belong.
Spotted on Jun 17, 2010
Submitted on Jun 7, 2012
No Comments