Spiny Flower Mantis
The Spiny Flower Mantis from Africa combines beauty and deadliness in one small package. Its body features vivid greens and pinks with distinctive eye-like patterns on its wings. These patterns flash suddenly when the mantis feels threatened, startling potential predators. Young mantises look like tiny pink flowers. They sit motionless on plants, waiting for insects to approach before striking with lightning speed to capture their next meal.