Homework Assignment: Read about the Praying Mantis using the Internet, a book, or a journal/magazine. Post a comment to this blog about Sam.
Try using the following for your research:
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/praying-mantid/
- http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/praying-mantis/
- http://www.theprayingmantis.org/ (Better for higher or stronger readers)
--Mrs. Perrien
31 comments:
boy mantises are smaller then girl mantises
Jackson
Females have six segments on there underside and males have eight.
Genevieve
Praying mantises are close relatives of cockroaches.
-Cate
Females have six segments on there underside while males have eight.
Genevieve
Praying mantises can turn their heads 180 degrees.
-Erin
the praying mantis gets its name from the way it holds its Forearms.
-Sarah
The praying mantis eats lizards, snakes, frogs, flies, birds and rodents.
Dorien
the praying mantis can turn its head 180 degrees
-paul
A praying mantis can turn it's head nearly 180 degrees to find pray.
-Danny
The praying mantis can grow over 10 inches long and over 3 inches tall
Ashlyn
A praying mantis can rotate its head 180 degrees. They have 2 large eyes and 3 small (compound) ones in between.
Kenny
The mantis can turn its head 180 degrees. They have two compound eyes and three simple eyes.
Ava
There are about 1800 species of praying mantis' around the world.
-George
girls abdomens are bigger then boys
-Zoe
The praying mantis has a lifespan of 12 months in the wild
-Laine
Mantises have two grasping, spiked forelegs in which prey items are caught and held securely.
A Praying mantis's habitat is bushy fields, gardens, or rainforest.
lainee
Praying mantises will mostly eat anything they can capture even if its alive.
-brayden
where a praying mantis lives determines its color (brown ones live in the desert and green ones live in moist areas)
There are 1800 different kinds of praying mantises. Sometimes when mating the girl will eat the boy's head.
Mia
There are 1800 different kinds of praying mantises. Sometimes when mating the girl will eat the boy's head.
Mia
Their front legs have rows of sharp spines to help them hold on to their prey.
Their front legs have rows of sharp spines to help them hold on to their prey.
- Jack
Most Praying Mantis range in length from 0.5 to 6 ( 1.2 to 5 centimeters).
Austin
the reason that it is called a praying mantis is because of the pose that it is in Roni
femalel lay hundreds of eggs
parker
When mating,females often chomp the males head off.
-leah
A praying mantis's scientific name is mantodea
-tucker
praying mantis's like to grab, an ant can bite off a mantis's leg, and a mantis can eat a moth that is bigger than itself!
-Kyle
The Praying Mantis is not native here.
-abby
egg cases are found in winter not spring. how weird!
Lilly
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