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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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#12537390

7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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7 July 2025

An Asian ant mantis (Odontomantis planiceps) rests on a human hand after emerging from a wall, in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on July 7, 2025. This species is known for its ant-like mimicry during the nymph stage, which helps deter predators.

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9 July 2024

A peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) is being displayed at the Ripley's Aquarium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 12, 2024.

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#10643654

15 October 2023

The praying mantis are predatory insects that gets their name because they have very long folded forelegs held close together, and they are held in a position that reminds people of praying. There are about 1,800 species of praying mantids around the world. Praying mantids are carnivores, eating mainly insects and other small animals. Many gardeners and farmers welcome mantids because the insects they eat are often pests that hurt crops. In addition to insects such as crickets and grasshoppers, mantids eat spiders, frogs, lizards, and even small birds. A green garden mantis has climbed on a man's hand and is behaving like a funny dog at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 15/10/2023

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#10643656

15 October 2023

The praying mantis are predatory insects that gets their name because they have very long folded forelegs held close together, and they are held in a position that reminds people of praying. There are about 1,800 species of praying mantids around the world. Praying mantids are carnivores, eating mainly insects and other small animals. Many gardeners and farmers welcome mantids because the insects they eat are often pests that hurt crops. In addition to insects such as crickets and grasshoppers, mantids eat spiders, frogs, lizards, and even small birds. A green garden mantis has climbed on a man's hand and is behaving like a funny dog at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 15/10/2023

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15 October 2023

The praying mantis are predatory insects that gets their name because they have very long folded forelegs held close together, and they are held in a position that reminds people of praying. There are about 1,800 species of praying mantids around the world. Praying mantids are carnivores, eating mainly insects and other small animals. Many gardeners and farmers welcome mantids because the insects they eat are often pests that hurt crops. In addition to insects such as crickets and grasshoppers, mantids eat spiders, frogs, lizards, and even small birds. A green garden mantis has climbed on a man's hand and is behaving like a funny dog at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 15/10/2023

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15 October 2023

The praying mantis are predatory insects that gets their name because they have very long folded forelegs held close together, and they are held in a position that reminds people of praying. There are about 1,800 species of praying mantids around the world. Praying mantids are carnivores, eating mainly insects and other small animals. Many gardeners and farmers welcome mantids because the insects they eat are often pests that hurt crops. In addition to insects such as crickets and grasshoppers, mantids eat spiders, frogs, lizards, and even small birds. A green garden mantis has climbed on a man's hand and is behaving like a funny dog at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 15/10/2023

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