Praying Mantids are useful in gardens, since they control the insect population. They will only eat live insects. Praying Mantids are green or tan, camouflaging them among plants. Mantids can rotate their head in almost a full circle. Praying Mantids have an elongated prothorax that looks like a neck.
Females are larger than the males.
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