Meagan Schrecengost recordered an encounter in Berthoud between Brock, a family dog, and a praying mantis he found in the ...

A Colorado dog trying to chase off a praying mantis may have been barking up the wrong tree in Berthoud. Watch the silly ...

The majority of insects are considered beneficial or harmless. Of course, those are the ones we want to have hanging around.

Sharp spines line the mantis's forelegs, enabling it to grasp the prey tightly as it eats, usually head first. Before chewing its prey with strong mouth parts, a mantis paralyzes its victim by ...

A praying mantis appeared to join a party as it danced on a concert-goer's head. Footage shows the insect waving upwards and forwards its front limbs, seemingly in rhythm with music, while perched ...

The praying mantis was slowly walking along the edge of the parking lot, not a bug friendly place. Maybe it had hitched a ride on the front of someone’s car.

This is the amusing moment a praying mantis rides on a tortoise's head at Perth Zoo, Australia. Footage shows Sierra, the Galapagos tortoise, with its unusual companion on August 28.

Then I noticed the eyes. Or, more accurately, the eyes noticed me. A bright green head and two little black eyes of a praying mantis were watching me from the sanctuary of the nearby lantana.

The praying mantis could be driven with the head and neck in any position. It was meant to be able to crawl stealthily amid the cover of fences and trees, and then extend to allow it to fire over ...

10 Wondrous Praying Mantis Facts From excellent vision to eerie camouflage and uncanny athleticism, these pious-looking carnivores are a wonder of the insect world.