Alex Hyde / Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii) in threat display with wings extended showing eye spots on wing cases. Captive, originating from Africa.

Alex Hyde / Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii) shedding skin. Captive, originating from Africa.

Michael D. Kern / Orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) camouflaged on orchid flower, captive, from SE Asia

Thomas Marent / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) camouflaged on flower, Borneo, Malaysia

Mark Moffett / Flower Mantis (Creobroter sp) nymph blending in with plant stamens, Myanmar

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) and orchid flower, Malaysia

Chris Mattison / Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi) camouflaged as a flower. Endemic to Africa.

Michael D. Kern / Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii) captive, from South and East Africa

Michel Poinsignon / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) up side down on flower, Lorraine, France, September.

Michel Poinsignon / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) female, clinging up side down to flower head, Lorraine, France, October.

Nick Garbutt / Flower Mimic mantis (possibly Toxodera sp) from lowland dipterocarp forest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

Chien Lee / Banded Flower Mantis (Theopropus elegans) female camouflaged on inflorescence of Dusky Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes fusca), Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Alex Hyde / Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii) showing eye spot on wing case. Captive, originating from Africa.

Alex Hyde / Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii). Captive, originating from Africa.

Thomas Marent / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) camouflaged in flower, Borneo, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) camouflaged in flower, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) juvenile mimicking flower, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Flower Mantis (Creobroter sp), Mount Victoria, Palawan, Philippines

Chien Lee / Flower Mantis (Creobroter sp), Mount Victoria, Palawan, Philippines

Chien Lee / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) juvenile mimics flower, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) juvenile mimics flower, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) juvenile mimics flower, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) on flower, Thousand Hills region, North West Moldova, June 2009

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) on lily flower in garden, Tennessee, USA.

Albert Lleal / Praying Mantis (Empusa pennata) male on flower, Spain

Albert Lleal / Praying Mantis (Empusa pennata) male on flower, Spain

Albert Lleal / Indian Flower Mantis (Creobroter meleagris) on leaf, native to India

Thomas Marent / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) female mimicking a pink flower, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) female mimicking a pink flower, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) female mimicking a pink flower, Cameron highlands near Tapah in West Malaysia

Rolf Nussbaumer / Praying Mantis {Mantidae} adult feeding on butterfly prey perched on Texas Lantana flower (Lantana urticoides) Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Nature Production / Orchid Mantis {Hymenopus coronatus} larva camouflaged on orchid flower, Malaysia

Nature Production / Orchid Mantis {Hymenopus coronatus} larva camouflaged as flower, Asia

Mark Moffett / Flower Mantis (Creobroter sp) and a Crab Spider (Thomisidae) awaiting prey on flower, Myanmar

Mark Moffett / Flower Mantis (Creobroter sp) and a Crab Spider (Thomisidae) awaiting prey on flower, Myanmar (formerly Burma)

Mark Moffett / Flower Mantis (Creobroter sp) nymph on plant, Myanmar

Nature Production / Orchid Mantis larva {Hymenopus coronatus} simulating an orchid flower, Malacca, Malaysia

PREMAPHOTOS / Female Flower Mantis (Harpagomantis discolor) in savanna, South Africa

Ingo Arndt / Praying Mantis (Mantis sp) camouflaged against dry flower, Monte Verde, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Flower Mantis (Creobroter sp) juvenile camouflaged on flower stamens, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Southeast Asia

Mark Moffett / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) juvenile tiptoes through rainforest seaching for ambush spot, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand

Simon Colmer / Tanzanian Bush Mantis (Polyspilota sp) on flower, Captive

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Slender Flower Mantis (Toxodera denticulata) lowland rainforest, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) and Bougainvillea, an introduced plant, in the rainforest, Malaysia, Indonesia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / African Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi) eating a Pierid butterfly in the rainforest, Africa

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) on orchid flower, Asia

Chien Lee / Banded Flower Mantis (Theopropus elegans) female camouflaged on inflorescence of Dusky Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes fusca), Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Aerides lawrenceae) flower with camouflaged Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus), Penang, Malaysia