I saw a couple this year on the baccy, but didn't get to see them catch a pest.
Wife is scared of them but i cannot help liking any living thing that HUNTS for its food. Call it mutual respect.
They bite off the males head when breeding , Ouch!!
They do eat aphids .
Yes they do bite . I was bitten once and swelled up some , about like a wasp sting .
Have you ever seen a walking stick ???
I like the bugs or at least some but they are not plentiful like they used to be . Praying mantis , walking sticks , butter flies and dragon flies , seem to be disappearing .
Every year I could find a cicada shell on a catalpa tree and now it is rare .
What is this?mantis egg cases