Order:  Mantodea
Family:  Mantidae 
Diet:  Insects.  Have been known to catch and eat hummingbirds.
Vegetation Association: Can be found in dense vegetation, lays eggs in a foamy mass that are usually attached to branches or man made structures.
Predators: :  Frogs, spiders, bats, and snakes. Or each other during the nymph stage and during mating.
Life Stages: Incomplete Metamorphosis; eggs, nymph, adult
Notes:  Their body coloring mimics that of green plant stems and leaves or desert soil.  They have rapid reflexes and good vision.  Mating can be hazardous for the male because the female may start eating him.

Photos: To be added.

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