Glosarry

Here you have my glossary about my topic: The Praying Mantis. In wich I give you some important words and their meanings.

Glossary:

Ambush: surprise attack from a concealed psition.

Prey: animal hunted or killed by another for food.|victim.

Misspelled: or misspelt, spelled incorrectly.

Cannibalism: person who eats human flesh (in this case, animals).

Resemble: be like, similar to, correspond to.

Forelegs: animal’s front legs.

Pest:  troublesome person or thing.|Insect or animal harmful to plants, store food, etc.

Sticky:  adhesive, gummed, gluey, glutinous.

Nymph: Young insect.

Twig: realize, grasp the meaning of.|small shoot issuing from a branch or stem.

This words are repited many times in my topic. =D

Hi! here is my leaflet about the Praying Mantis. I hope ypu like it. =) Is a document from Microsoft Office Publisher but I can't upload the document, so here you have the two images of it.

The Praying Mantis

Hi! I chose this topic because this insect is very special for me. I like it in all the ways, to summarize my introduction of this topic, I tell you that last year I had a praying mantis like pet and now I have 3 species of it, in my insects collection.

Here you have a little summary about my topic:

The praying mantis or praying mantises, are carnivorous insects, mantises are exclusively predatory. Insects form the primary diet, but larger species have been known to prey on small lizards, frogs, birds, snakes, fish and even rodents; they will prey upon any species small enough to successfully capture and devour. Most species of mantis are known to engage in cannibalism. The majority of mantises are ambush predators, waiting for prey to stray too near. The mantis then lashes out at remarkable speed. Some ground and bark species, however, pursue their prey rather quickly. Prey items are caught and held securely with grasping, spiked forelegs.Sexual cannibalism is common among mantises in captivity, and under some circumstances may also be observed in the field. The female may start feeding by biting off the male’s head (as they do with regular prey), and if mating had begun, the male’s movements may become even more vigorous in its delivery of sperm. Early researchers thought that because copulatory movement is controlled by a ganglion in the abdomen, not the head, removal of the male’s head was a reproductive strategy by females to enhance fertilisation while obtaining sustenance..