Praying mantises have been spotted wild in the southwest of England for the first time and may have arrived on wind or in luggage. Cornwall Wildlife Trust (CWT) have reported that two recent sightings ...

There have been sightings of praying mantises in the wild in parts of south west England for the first time. Cornwall Wildlife Trust (CWT) said two separate sightings of the European praying mantis ...

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 ...

Preying mantises are vulnerable to horsehair worm parasites, which depend on other animals for their lifecycle needs.

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 ...