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Later they will eat larger insects, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, and other pest insects. Praying mantises are large, solitary, slow moving, and predaceous insects that catch their prey with their front legs. They do not have jumping hind legs. Of the 20 species of mantises that occur in North America, the introduced Chinses mantis, at a lenght of as much as four inches, is the largest.
Fun Facts about the Praying Mantis. 1  Predators include frogs, rodents, birds, and bats. 2  Although they sit still a lot and look slow, they are extremely fast when they move to attack their prey. 3  There are over 2,000 species of praying mantis.  When capturing their prey, they typically bite of its head first.