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What do you know aboutthe preying mantids?
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How do you knowif this is an animal?
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This living thing haseyes, legs, a mouth
a body covered with wings,and other parts that help
us know that it is anANIMAL!
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How do you knowif this animal is anINVERTEBRATE
orVERTEBRATE?
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This animal is aninvertebrate because
it hasNO BACKBONE!
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This living thingis an
ANIMALthat is an
INVERTEBRATE.But how can you
know if it isan insect?
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Three Body Sections head
thorax
abdomen
Three Pairs of Legs
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2
3
One pair of antennae
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Mantids are easy to recognize. Their front legs look like a T-Rex.
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These legs are adapted for capturing prey.
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The rows of long and short spines along the front legs snatch and cut prey with raptor-like speed.
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A single spine at the tip of the front legsacts as a hook to help snag a prey and bring it to the waiting jaws.
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The mantids’ jaws are strong enough to cut through our skin
and can chop even large prey into tiny pieces.
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The one thing mantids do pray for is a meal!
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They feed only on living prey.
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A hungry mantid can eat up to 15 crickets a day.
Large Mantids can even eatsmall birds, frogs and small reptiles
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Mantids mimic their surroundings--camouflage.
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Mantids see any kind of movementwith their mobile head, that can
turn 180 degrees.
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Great vision. Large compound eyes on their small triangular head.
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A single ear is found in some mantids on their bellies!
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This ear can hearing ultrasonic waves thathelp it avoid being eaten by bats.