Q: I’ve heard that not all of our praying mantis types are native. They’re all good for garden pest control though, right, or are some bad instead? A: Maryland is currently home to five species of ...

Experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman write, “These are the egg cases, called oothecae, of a praying mantis. Produced by the ...

Cryptic coloration is also very useful when it comes to catching prey. This mantis feeds on small creatures such as crickets.

The females were first observed by citizen scientists with the Association for the Study of Mantises of French Guiana. Photo by Dieny Portinanni via Unsplash High up in the tree canopy in a forest in ...

McGowan notes he has seen mantises stalking hummingbird feeders before, but has never witnessed an attack. Anecdotal accounts ...