praying mantis pictures
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![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0683]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0683.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0902]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0902.jpg)
![Wood-like praying mantis [kalbar_1715]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1717.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0905]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0905.jpg)
![Green praying mantis [madagascar_3290]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_3290.jpg)
![Brown mantis [madagascar_3478]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_3478.jpg)
![Wood-like praying mantis [kalbar_1712]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1715.jpg)
![Green praying mantis [madagascar_3281]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_3281.jpg)
![Mantis [madagascar_masoala_0507]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0507.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0678]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0678.jpg)
![Green mantis [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0218]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0218.jpg)
![Dry grass-colored mantis (possibly Idolomorpha madagascariensis [Empusidae])](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6089.jpg)
![Dry grass-colored praying mantis (possibly Idolomorpha madagascariensis [Empusidae])](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6092.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0904]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0904.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1075]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1075.jpg)
![Mantis [madagascar_masoala_0505]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0505.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1084]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1084.jpg)
![Dry grass-colored mantis (possibly Idolomorpha madagascariensis [Empusidae]) [madagascar_6094]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6094.jpg)
![Praying mantis [brazil_1032]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1032.jpg)
![Praying mantis [brazil_1034]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1034.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0975]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0975.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0677]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0677.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0681]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0681.jpg)
![Green mantis [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0216]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0216.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1080]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1080.jpg)
![Brown praying mantis [madagascar_1053]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_1053.jpg)
![Green mantis [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0217]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0217.jpg)
![Mantis [madagascar_masoala_0506]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0506.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0906]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0906.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0973]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0973.jpg)
![Praying mantis [costa_rica_la_selva_0661]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0661.jpg)
![Praying mantis [panama_0755]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0755.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0974]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0974.jpg)
![Dry grass-colored mantis (possibly Idolomorpha madagascariensis [Empusidae]) [madagascar_6095]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6095.jpg)
![Praying mantis [costa_rica_la_selva_0663]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0663.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1083]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1083.jpg)
![Mantis [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0744]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0744.jpg)
![Wood-like praying mantis [kalbar_1718]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1716.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1079]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1079.jpg)
![Praying mantis [brazil_1033]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1033.jpg)
![Dry grass-colored mantid (possibly Idolomorpha madagascariensis [Empusidae])](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6090.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0679]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0679.jpg)
![Praying mantis [costa_rica_la_selva_0662]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0662.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1077]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1077.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1082]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1082.jpg)
![Wood-like praying mantis [kalbar_1714]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1712.jpg)
![Green praying mantis [madagascar_6817]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6817.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1078]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1078.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1074]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1074.jpg)
![Green praying mantis [madagascar_3292]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_3292.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0907]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0907.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1081]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1081.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0682]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0682.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0680]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0680.jpg)
![Mantis [madagascar_masoala_0504]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0504.jpg)
![Dry grass-colored mantis (headshot) (possibly Idolomorpha madagascariensis [Empusidae])](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6093.jpg)
![Green praying mantis [madagascar_3291]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_3291.jpg)
![Wood-like praying mantis [kalbar_1716]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1714.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0903]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0903.jpg)
![Wood-like praying mantis [kalbar_1720]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1718.jpg)
![Green mantis [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0215]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0215.jpg)
![Green mantis [madagascar_6813]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6813.jpg)
![Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1076]](http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/150/brazil_1076.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0901]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0901.jpg)
![Praying mantis [panama_0749]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0749.jpg)
![Wood-like praying mantis [kalbar_1721]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia/150/kalbar_1720.jpg)
![Green praying mantis [madagascar_3282]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_3282.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0976]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0976.jpg)
![Green mantid [madagascar_masoala_0676]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0676.jpg)
![Praying mantis [costa_rica_la_selva_0664]](https://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0664.jpg)
![Mantis [madagascar_masoala_0503]](https://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0503.jpg)
