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European mantis
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Any of the species Mantis religiosa species of mantids.
en-GB Helen Sullivan A praying mantis: she bites into her mate’s head like an apple and cleans her face ‘like a cat’ w:The Guardian 2021-05-27 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2021/may/28/a-praying-mantis-she-bites-into-her-mates-head-like-an-apple-and-cleans-her-face-like-a-cat 0261-3077 Her mate has tried to avoid this destiny. The male European mantis “uses his feelers to calm her down”, the BBC narrates. https://web.archive.org/web/20230314141247/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2021/may/28/a-praying-mantis-she-bites-into-her-mates-head-like-an-apple-and-cleans-her-face-like-a-cat
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1 Mantis religiosa
1 Mantis religiosa
en Mantids