About the praying mantis

1. About the praying mantis By Max Jensen

2. The praying mantis has four wings and six legs. • Two of the legs are big. • These big legs help the praying mantis get food. • Bugs can’t see the praying mantis. Descriptive facts

3. They live in jungles and fields. • They also live in some gardens. • You would not find praying mantises in cold places, such as Antarctica. Habitat facts

4. Praying mantises eat butterflies, ants, and flies. • Some also eat spiders, birds, frogs, lizards, mice, and snakes. • Crickets and grasshoppers are also food for praying mantises. • They eat other praying mantises. • Praying mantises eat bees. Diet facts

5. There are many predators including birds and bats. • Some bats, birds, frogs, lizards, and snakes eat praying mantises. • Praying mantises eat other praying mantises. Predator facts

6. Praying mantises clean after they eat. • At least 14-100 baby praying mantises are hatched in one giant egg. • Some are meat-eaters or carnivores. Super duper facts

7. What do some eat? • TRUE or FALSE-- Praying mantises eat crickets? • Are they carnivores? • What is a carnivore? • Where do they not live? Questions

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