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praying mantis
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praying mantis: see mantid mantid or mantis, name applied to the large, slender, slow-moving, winged insects of the family Mantidae in the order Mantodea. Predatory insects, mantids have strong, elongate, spiny front legs, used for grasping prey.
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A campy parody of late-night talk shows, the new cartoon features the vain and stupid Space Ghost character as host, sitting behind a desk clad in white tights, a black mask, and a cape, and Zorak, a rage-filled preying mantis, as his reluctant Doc Severinsen.
Toon in: the best TV happens when no one is looking by Peters, Justin / Washington Monthly
They are doing everything they can to produce their berries naturally, from collecting preying mantis (a beneficial Insect) egg sacs and distributing them throughout the berry patch, to investigating conversion to organic production.
Pick-your-own berries a Zimmerman Berry Farm by New Life Journal
The other difference Ed has seen in his biodynamic garden is the presence of more natural predators such as preying mantis and assassin beetles.
Growing biodynamically by Eagle, Medicine / New Life Journal
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