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I extensively rewrote this article to improve the quality of the verbiage in the article, and also remove much of the how-to instructive advice. This article was previously written almost entirely from the point of view of raising these insects in captivity, providing much advice on how to keep one as a pet, but not providing many facts on the mantis and how it lives in its natural environment. I removed words indicative of "advice" such as "should" and reworded sentences in general so that they are statements of biological facts, not "You should do x to achieve y result" which is how to advice, and not the mission of Wikipedia. WP:Howto I also attempted to re-balance the article so it focused more on the insect itself and less on the hobby of keeping it as a pet (there are articles elsewhere that discuss the hobby where it is appropriate to include more of those details.) In the future, I believe any details on the keeping of H. Membranacea as a pet should be placed under a single section, entitled "In Captivity" or something like that. Otherwise, when the information under headings such as "Diet" and "Habitat" is concerned almost exclusively with the keeping of the mantis in captivity, it gives the false impression that captivity is the primary environment in which the mantis exists. Avgusztyn (talk) 22:12, 25 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
