This male Vates is a member of the horned praying mantis group that evolved camouflage features including a head horn and leg lobes that disguise it from predators. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
The two mantises shown are among the largest and smallest of all mantises. While they seem to be getting along fine, most mantises like to keep to themselves. Here we see the face and head of a ...
These critters get their name from their kaleidoscope shell—like a peacock’s tail—and their hinged forearms which resemble that of a praying mantis and ... above their head and can move ...