Green praying mantis

Habitat:

They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, and die. The eggs overwinter, protected by their hard capsule, and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mate after mating, or occasionally decapitating the male just before or during mating.

Notes:

Mantodea is an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species and about 430 genera of mantises in 15 families, by far the largest family being Mantidae . Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species actively pursue their prey. Their forelegs are greatly enlarged and are adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the name