Praying Mantis

We always have praying mantis bugs around our house, so I took some pictures.

I think this one was a baby.

Of course, this insect gets it's name praying mantis because it looks like it's praying.  A full grown mantis' favorite snacks are leaves, crickets, and butterflies.  Their colors of their long bodies can be green, grey, brown, or even pail pink, depending on where it lives and what it mainly eats. A praying mantis usually lives for about a year.


~Emma