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How do you refer to more than one Praying Mantis?

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The word mantis derives from the Greek word Mantes for prophet or fortune teller. The preferred pluralization is mantids, though there is some usage of mantes or mantises. There are approximately 2,300 species in the order Mantodea world-wide; most are tropical or subtropical, but several species live in temperate climates such as that of the northern United States, central Europe, and Siberia. Most praying mantids are of the family Mantidae.

 


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