User:Jillian ncsu

Attending college has been a wonderful and exciting experience so far! One class that I have been pleasantly surprised with is the entomology class I am enrolled in. I still find bugs a little gross, and creepy, but have discovered how interesting they can be as well. Therefore, this page is dedicated to praying mantises because of their unique characteristics that make them one of many species to shock me.

The "Mantis" article, also on wikipedia, states, "Most mantises are exclusively predatory while exceptions are predominantly so." Whenever I thought of bugs in the past, images of helpless and prey-like insects came to mind BUT this is NOT the praying mantis. They are the predators as they use their chewing mouth parts to chew their food. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis