Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis sp.) Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis sp.) (Possibly C. rhombicollis) Canande, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis rhombicollis) in defensive position, on flower, Chinambi, Carchi, Ecuador.

James Dunbar / Close up of a Cryptic mantis (Sibylla pretiosia) catching and eating a fruit fly, UK. Captive.

James Dunbar / Close up of a Cryptic mantis (Sibylla pretiosia) catching and eating a fruit fly, UK. Captive.

Nick Hawkins / Leaf mantis (Choeradodis sp.) Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Grass Mantis (Schizocephala bicornis) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from India.

Juergen Freund / Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) feeding on preying mantis in strangler fig tree, Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) on plant, Alsace, France, September.

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Mantidae), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Taumantis sp) instar, Woburn, Massachusetts

Alex Hyde / Peacock Mantis (Pseudempusa pinnapavonis) against white background. Captive, endemic to Africa.