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Mantis WatercolourIllustration from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1819
Stagmatoptera precaria, mantidLife cycle of the mantid (Stagmatoptera precaria). Reproduced as an engraving after the orginal watercolour from as Plate 66 Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Tendera aridfolia, Chinese praying mantisA close-up side view of the predatory insect, the Chinese Praying Mantis (Tendera aridfolia). Specimen from the Natural History Museum