Example Sentences

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He was also passionate about his niche insect hobby, raising rare praying mantises.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024

Surprisingly, more than 1400 of these wormy genes closely matched genes from the very mantises they parasitized.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2023

On the other hand, gene expression in the mantis brains did not change, and in fact could not be distinguished from that found in uninfected mantises.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

Birds, such as blue jays, cardinals, and chickens; as well as arthropods, such as praying mantises, spiders, yellowjackets, and ants, are the most common predators.

From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023

At the fair’s waterworks three huge Worthington pumps began stretching their shafts and pistons, like praying mantises shaking off the cold.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson