Being neither mantids nor flies, the peculiar mantis-flies are in fact predatory lacewings which use their mantis-like forelegs to catch prey. While most mantis-flies are known to feed on spider eggs ...

The wasp mantisfly is neither wasp nor mantis nor fly. But it does look like a combination of all three and uses those features to survive. What would you get if you crossed a wasp and a mantis? And ...

A motionless European mantis (Mantis religiosa) waits to ambush a bee-mimicking fly. Then, seizing the fly with its forelegs, the mantis eats the mouthparts and eventually the face off the fly while ...