Brais Seara Fernandez/ BIA / Praying Mantis (Empusa pennata) nymph, Galicia, Spain

Thomas Marent / Devil's Praying Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica) in defensive posture, Tanzania

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

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Mantidae), Woburn, Massachusetts

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

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Hemiempusa capensis), Western Cape, South Africa

Nick Garbutt / Male Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) feeding on Preying mantis in beach side vegetation. Bay of Antongil, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Thomas Marent / African Savannah Mantid (Polyspilota aeruginosa) in defensive posture, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

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

Piotr Naskrecki / African Savannah Mantid (Polyspilota aeruginosa) clinging to stick at sunset, Guinea, West Africa

Kim Taylor / Japanese praying mantis {Paratenodera ardifolia} adult. Japan.

Kim Taylor / Japanese praying mantis {Paratenodera ardifolia} adult in flight