Assertion: mantis | /r/CapableOf | eat insect
Facets:
value: exclusively
type: DEGREE
value: by catching them
type: MANNER
value: typically
type: DEGREE
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Mantis will eat insects dangled from tweezers, and most mantis will not except dead insects.
text: Praying mantids are carnivores, eating mainly insects and other small animals.
text: It would indeed be a shame to kill such a harmless and useful creature (mantises eat other insects that we consider pests), but there is no truth to the common belief that they are rare or protected.
text: Praying mantises feed on insects, mice, small turtles and even snakes.
text: But while mantises typically prey on insects, one opportunistic individual in India has developed a taste for fish.
text: On the face of it, this is a classic evolutionary story, and a cut-and-dried case: the mantis has evolved to mimic the flower as a form of crypsis – enabling it to hide among its petals, feeding upon insects that are attracted by the flower.
text: Praying mantids exclusively eat other insects by catching them with their forelegs.
text: All mantids are carnivores, feeding mainly on other insects and spiders; some of the larger mantids may even eat small amphibians and reptiles.
text: The eggs are purchased and then the Mantis will consume various insects that could damage the crops and plants.
text: Praying mantises eat insects.
text: Mantids will eat insects dangled from tweezers, and most mantids will not except dead insects.
text: Of course, the most infamous example of praying mantises eating other insects is cannibalism: after mating, the female mantis will turn around and consume the male mantis, starting with the head.