Praying Mantis
Anything it can handle including crickets, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, moths, small vertebrates such as lizards and frogs and other mantises. Really big mantises even take hummingbirds.
Predators
Their raptorial arms, which are held in the prayerful position that gives the insect its name.
Grassland, tropical rainforests, meadows, deserts, gardens
Praying mantis
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
One year in the wild, two in captivity
Females 2.75 to as long as 5 inches, males smaller
Snakes, spiders, lizards, bats, birds, small mammals