Praying mantis in the USA

This video from the USA says about itself:

30 August 2016

Making friends with a Praying Mantis hunting insects on the porch! These fascinating insects have personalities and unlike most insects seem to relate to humans and humans seem to instinctively sense their awareness and do not harm them! They of course, are extremely beneficial to have around.

Praying mantises are carnivorous insects with powerful raptorial front legs that usually depend on arthropods such as insects or spiders as their primary prey. Now new research indicates that praying mantises all over the globe include birds in their diet: here.

Related articles

• Bald-faced hornet nest in the USA
• Yellow-billed sapsucker on tree, video
• International Bat Night, 29-30 August 2015
• Origins of insects and flying
• Morpho butterflies and stick insects at the botanical garden
• Baby giant stick insect born | Dear Kitty. Some blog
• 8,995 insect species discovered in 2006
• Boreal chickadees survive North American harsh winter | Dear Kitty. Some blog
• How hummingbirds hover, new research | Dear Kitty. Some blog