NOUN
- predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
How To Use mantid In A Sentence
- The mantid had not cut deep enough to reach the axillary artery. MINUTES TO BURN
- SNAIL'S TALES: Scientist attacked by vicious mantid! Scientist attacked by vicious mantid!
- This type of feeding can be found among certain spiders, mantids, scorpions, copepods, and midges.
- Hi guys, found this tiny mantidfly on my back door. What's That Bug?
- Diane is having a banner year and there are several mantid egg cases that have been noticed. Mish Mash Monday-Late February Edition « Fairegarden
- Or you can use biological controls, such as praying mantids, predator flies and beneficial nematodes.
- Spent the rest of the week trying to show people an imperceptible mantid wound. Times, Sunday Times
- Cockroaches, termites, and mantids form the well-accepted monophyletic group Dictyoptera.
- Molecular characterizations and spectral tuning studies have been performed on opsin proteins found in many insect groups, including bees, moths and butterflies, mantids, fireflies, and fruit flies.
- The mantid case is too cool, agreed, and the babies are too cute! Twiggy « Fairegarden
