Praying mantis females lay their eggs in autumn on vertical surfaces. As leaves fall, praying mantis egg cases become easier ...

Female praying mantids are known for eating their mates, but what is the evolutionary advantage to this practice? This series of images is taken from film shot for Evolution: "Why Sex?" ...

Praying Mantids can be purchased from plant nurseries as a group of tiny hatchlings shortly after emerging from their ootheca ...

There are 20 native species of mantids in the country to watch out for in addition to the many invasive kinds, especially if ...

After writing about the fig beetle – a shiny green scarab beetle that feeds on overripe fruit and decomposing organic matter ...

If you still want to introduce mantids to your garden, cultivate a native species. In late fall and early winter, go on a neighborhood hunt for ootheca attached to fence posts and branches. The ...

It’s true that most people do not put the words “beautiful” and “insect” together unless they’re thinking of butterflies. But ...

Many gardeners are starting their fall garden and landscape clean-up. It's important to strike the right balance between ...

These monkeys will also occasionally eat insects like beetles, ants, and mantids. As with other primate species, grooming is an important form of socializing for woolly monkeys, strengthening ...

Insects such as katydids, walking sticks, mantids and treehoppers have adopted the appearance of various plant parts like leaves, sticks, thorns and flowers. Batesian mimicry involves a harmless ...

Backyard chickens can be recruited for lanternfly control, but you can also install bird feeders to attract songbirds or use companion planting to lure in predatory insects, like praying mantids ...

DEAR JOAN: My 3-year-old Burmese, Zephyr, is affectionate, playful, sweet and also the most rambunctious and stubborn cat I have ever shared my life with. At home, I can brush his teeth, groom him ...