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Praying mantis hierodula membranacea, close up image ,shallow dof.

Beutiful green praying mantis (mantis religiosa) perches on a garden hedge

very green grashopper sitting on a leaf after a heavy rainfall

close-up of a praying mantis on dark background

Detail of Great green bush cricket Katydid or Long-Horned Grasshopper head with tentacles. Scientific Tettigonia Viridissima. White background with copy text space.

brown praying mantis on green background

I photographed the mantis against a white background.

Green grasshopper in Termessos National Park

It looks like a mantis catches a grasshopper and eats

The praying mantis sits on a blurred background. Selective focus.

It is a large predatory insect that has adapted for grasping food with its front limbs. The mantis is a predator, and its diet usually consists of other small and large insects.

$Description:\nAdult wart-biters are 31–82 millimeters, with females being significantly larger than males. They are typically dark green in colour, usually with dark brown blotches on the pronotum and wings (a dark brown morphotype also occurs). The female has a long and slightly up curved ovipositor.\n The wart-biter has a song consisting of a rapidly repeated series of short bursts of clicks, sometimes lasting for several minutes.\nWart-biters normally move about by walking; they rarely fly, except when frightened. Most can only fly 3 to 4 meters at a time.\nHabitat:\nThe species is found in calcareous grassland and heathland habitats.\n\nDiet:\nThe species is omnivorous. Plants eaten include knapweed, nettles, bedstraws; the species also eats insects, including other grasshoppers. \nLife cycle:\nThe wart-biter lays its eggs in the soil; these eggs normally hatch after two winters. It then passes through seven instar stages between April and June. The adult stage is reached in the beginning of July. Wart-biter populations peak in late July and early August. Newly hatched Decticus are encased in a sheath to facilitate their trip to the soil surface, the sheath holding the legs and antennae safely against the body while burrowing upwards. A neck which can in turn be inflated and deflated, enlarges the top of its tunnel, easing its passage upwards.\nStatus and distribution:\nThis species occurs throughout continental Europe, except the extreme south, ranging from southern Scandinavia to Spain, Italy, and Greece. It is also found in temperate Asia, as far east as China. Geographic features such as mountains have fragmented the species, leading to a wide range of forms and numerous subspecies.\n\nConservation:\nThe population of wart-biters has declined in many areas of northern Europe. In Britain and the Netherlands, it is threatened with extinction (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

A macro shot of a green mantis isolated on a white surface

Mantis giving the camera an inquiring look.

Close-up of a verdant praying mantis outdoors

Jeweled Flower Mantis is a type of mantis originating from the island of Borneo. It has a unique body shape and is colored like dried leaves to disguise itself for prey.

Mantis - Mantis religiosa green animal sitting on a blade of grass in a meadow. Wild foto

Hierodula patellifera, common name giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis, Indochina mantis or Harabiro Mantis,

Giant Asian Mantis, isolated against a muted brown background. Hierodula Membranacea

European mantid on a human hand in the Laurentian forest of Canada.

Praying mantis, mantis religiosa , closeup. Island Bali, Indonesia

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