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A male Springbok praying mantis looking for a hook up doesn’t have to worry about a female stealing his heart away. There is, however, a very good change she’ll bite his head off, and he knows it.

Praying mantises are far more than the insects you see in your garden. Armed with lightning-fast strikes, incredible camouflage, and the only known 3D vision among insects, they can hunt everything ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf mantis species in which males avoid this fate with an elaborate dance ...

Sexual cannibalism, Close-up portrait of large, vivid green female praying mantis eats the male after mating on tree branch covered with lichen. Transcaucasian tree mantis (Hierodula transcaucasica)© ...