info on praying mantis?

Question

info on praying mantis. Why are they endangered? etc

Answer 1

Hi, heres all the info i could find you

1. There are about 1,700 varieties of praying mantis.

2. The two forward legs of the mantis have sharp spines like a jack knife.

3. The mantis uses its two front legs to attack it's prey.

4. The mantis females are the among biggest insects.

5. The latin name of the praying mantis is Tenodera Sinensis.

6. The female mantis lays up to 300 eggs.

7. Most mantis live in warm climates.

8. The mantis will attack butterflies, bees, beetles, frogs, spiders, mice, lizards, and small birds.

9. The female sometimes eats the male after mating.

10. The mantis has very good eyesight.

11. The female mantis can not fly due to all of the eggs in her abdomen.

12. Mantis nymphs march single file.

13. When nymphs hunt they eat leafhoppers, aphids, and very small flies.

14. The mantis sheds its skin twelve times before it is full grown.

15. The female mantis lays her eggs in the fall.

16. The mantis nymph is tiny like a mosquito.

17. The front legs of the nymph have claws for holding their prey.

18. Praying mantises bite the back of their victim's neck to paralyze it.

19. The color of the mantis is the color of the leaves it lives on. This helps it hide so it can catch its prey.

20. The smallest mantid is less than a half-inch long. One African species is the largest, reaching up to six inches.

21. It is the only insect that can turn its head all the way around (180E) and look over its shoulder for predators.

22. Average lifespan in the wild: 12 Months.

23. Praying mantids’ excellent eyesight allows some to see movement up to 60 feet (18 meters) away.

24. The predators of the praying mantis are generally animals that feed on insects. These primary predators of the praying mantis are bats and larger birds. Also, spiders and insect eating snakes will feed on smaller mantids. Large wasps will sometimes attack a mantis, but the outcome of such a battle is far from assured. The predators of the praying mantis are not limited to other animals because praying mantids will eat other mantids. This cannibalistic behavior is usually during the nymph stage and during mating (Patterson). However, a mature praying mantis will not turn away from a meal of its own kind.

25. Most North American mantids are not included among endangered species.

EVERYWHERE WEBSITE WHICH I HAVE LOOKED ON DOESN'T ACTUALLY STATE THAT ITS ENDANGERED HOWEVER I DID FIND THIS BIT OF INFO.

most of the United States population believes it is a crime to kill a Praying Mantis with the collected belief that the large insect is an endangered species. This assumption is also untrue. It is possible that some states have their own mandate regulating the destruction of the creatures, but in terms of federal law, none exists.

Answer 2

There are several different kinds of mantises (mantids?), but all have the same basic body plan, particularly with the arms folded up like that while they wait for prey. A mantis attack is very cool - they extend the folded arms and then retract them in a lightning-fast snap that grabs (hopefully) some part of the prey which finds it impossible to pull away. The interlocking teeth on the arms keep whatever they've grabbed securely held (and probably hurt or killed) until the mantis is ready to carefully and daintily eat them. N. American mantis species are green/brown and tend to match the grassy/weedy areas they like to hunt in, but there are other mantis species that can be very colorful and odd-shaped to match the flowers they like to hunt in.

Answer 3

Praying Mantis are not endangered, but they are a good healthy way of keeping insect control in your gardens, so maybe implement some of them in there and you wont have to worry about insects and other bugs eating your beautiful garden away

Answer 4

I have three on my clematis arbor now and two mated on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. I want to know if they die from the frost, and obviously will lay the egg sac in the fall before the frost comes. Is there any way to mark each one so I can tell how many I have on my arbor. I have seen three at one time, but there may be more. northern illinois

Answer 5

I hatched some on my deck last year.One warm day they all hatched simultaneously.It seemed like thousands of them.They stayed on my house for a couple of days then disappeared into the woods.They are the size of ants and will eat each other.You can keep one in a cage and feed it crickets but it will not live much after maturity.They are not good pets.

Answer 6

You may also have heard claims about a $500 fine for killing one, etc., etc. All bunk. praying mantises are neither endangered nor protected. They are way cool though.