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\nhttp://www.archive.org/details/prayingmantises00mill  \nBridgestoneB 00K S  \n# World of Insects\n\nPraying Mantises  \nby Connie Colwell Miller  \nConsultant:  \nGary A.Dunn,MS,Director of EducationYoung Entomologists'Society Inc.Lansing,Michigan  \nMankato,Minnesota  \nSausalito Public LibrarySausalito,California 94965  \nBridgestone Books are published by Capstone Press,151 Good Counsel Drive,PO.Box 669,Mankato,Minnesota 56002.www.capstonepress.com  \nCopyright ◎2005 by Capstone Press.All rights reserved.  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part,or stored in a retrievalsystem,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without written permission of the publisher.  \nFor information regarding permission,write to Capstone Press,  \n151 Good Counsel Drive,PO.Box 669,Dept.R,Mankato,Minnesota 56002.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  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in the World …………………………9  \nPraying Mantis Habitats  \n……………………………………11  \nWhat Praying Mantises Eat  \n……………………………13  \nEggs and Nymphs  \n……………………………15  \nMolting into Adults ……………  \n……………………………………17  \nDangers to Praying Mantises ………………………19  \nAmazing Facts about Praying Mantises……21  \n…………………22  \nGlossary……………………  \nRead More……………  \n…………………23  \n……………………23  \nInternet Sites  \n………………24  \nIndex  \n4  \n# Praying Mantises\n\nPraying mantises got their name because ofthe way they hold their legs.Praying mantisesoften bend their long front legs.They fold theirlegs close to their bodies.Many people thinkthey look like they are praying.  \nPraying mantises are insects known fortheir strange looks.They may look like a plantstem or a flower.Praying mantises may lookstrange,but they have the same body partsas other insects.They have six legs and a hardouter covering called an exoskeleton.  \nPraying mantises bend their front legs.  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