praying mantis

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His proposed addition to Marcel Breuer’s original Whitney Museum would have hovered above it with predatory menace, like an 11-story concrete praying mantis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

We chatted and fed some house flies to a large praying mantis perched on the branch of a trumpet flower shrub.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2023

Back in New York, she signed up for more courses — jiu jitsu, praying mantis kung fu, Filipino martial arts and Jeet Kune Do, a discipline conceived by Bruce Lee.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2023

"I don't want to look like a praying mantis with these things all over my head."

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2022

The praying mantis hovers in place, not moving any closer.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera