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Beutiful green praying mantis (mantis religiosa) perches on a garden hedge

very green grashopper sitting on a leaf after a heavy rainfall

Green grasshopper in Termessos National Park

The praying mantis sits on a blurred background. Selective focus.

Mantis - Mantis religiosa green animal sitting on a blade of grass in a meadow. Wild foto

close-up of a praying mantis on dark background

Front view of a Great Green Bush-Cricket in the reeds.

$Description:\nAdult wart-biters are 31–82 millimeters, with females being significantly larger than males. They are typically dark green in colour, usually with dark brown blotches on the pronotum and wings (a dark brown morphotype also occurs). The female has a long and slightly up curved ovipositor.\n The wart-biter has a song consisting of a rapidly repeated series of short bursts of clicks, sometimes lasting for several minutes.\nWart-biters normally move about by walking; they rarely fly, except when frightened. Most can only fly 3 to 4 meters at a time.\nHabitat:\nThe species is found in calcareous grassland and heathland habitats.\n\nDiet:\nThe species is omnivorous. Plants eaten include knapweed, nettles, bedstraws; the species also eats insects, including other grasshoppers. \nLife cycle:\nThe wart-biter lays its eggs in the soil; these eggs normally hatch after two winters. It then passes through seven instar stages between April and June. The adult stage is reached in the beginning of July. Wart-biter populations peak in late July and early August. Newly hatched Decticus are encased in a sheath to facilitate their trip to the soil surface, the sheath holding the legs and antennae safely against the body while burrowing upwards. A neck which can in turn be inflated and deflated, enlarges the top of its tunnel, easing its passage upwards.\nStatus and distribution:\nThis species occurs throughout continental Europe, except the extreme south, ranging from southern Scandinavia to Spain, Italy, and Greece. It is also found in temperate Asia, as far east as China. Geographic features such as mountains have fragmented the species, leading to a wide range of forms and numerous subspecies.\n\nConservation:\nThe population of wart-biters has declined in many areas of northern Europe. In Britain and the Netherlands, it is threatened with extinction (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

Green european mantis, mantis religiosa, feeding on red dragonfly in summer nature. Predator insect hunting on branch. Wild animal in natural environment.

The transition from a larva to a dragonfly

Mantis on branch tree in Ma Da forest, Viet Nam. Close-up

a brown-coloured praying mantis is seen self cleaning

Mantis giving the camera an inquiring look.

Green grasshopper standing on a set of brown sticks. Close up of the insect with long legs, antens and wings. side view or portrait. sunset light effect

Praying mantises (Mantodea) - an order of insects that are most abundant in the tropical and subtropical zones. They owe their name to their position resembling a person with their hands folded in prayer. There is a protected common mantis (Mantis religiosa) in southern Poland

Mantis are Beautiful and unique animal, life behind leaves and eating little insect

European mantid on a human hand in the Laurentian forest of Canada.

Big green grasshopper isolated on white background

Hierodula patellifera, common name giant Asian mantis, Asian mantis, Indochina mantis or Harabiro Mantis,

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