Excerpts from Insect Notes on the Praying Mantis are as follows:

1. The mantis is a beautiful insect. It looks like a slender girl. It looks dignified in the grass under the scorching sun. The solemn and half-erected front paws are stretched out to the sky like human arms, a very sincere prayer posture.

2. The mantis has a triangular-shaped head, six slender legs underneath its body, and two thick thighs on its chest covered with small spines, like two sharp saw blades. These are its main insect-catching tools. .

3. The mantis is very careful when eating food. It first touches the food quickly with its front feet, then moves back very quickly, touches it again, and moves back again. This is repeated several times until it is sure that there is no danger. Go back to the food.

4. The belly of the praying mantis is flat, like a flat boat, and there is a pair of thin wings on its belly, making it difficult to be spotted.

5. The mantis lies on the leaves of plants every day to catch small pests. Its green body helps it avoid natural enemies and also makes it easier for it to catch pests. The mantis is a beneficial insect and we must protect it.

6. It has a graceful body, a slender and light body; a pretty short coat, gauze-covered wings; and a sharp and agile mouth.

7. The mantis stayed there motionless, like a miniature statue.

8. The mantis bites off the rope with perseverance. We must also have this spirit in our studies.

9. The mantis hides behind the leaves to observe the cicada secretly. The leaves it hides can be used to make it invisible.

10. The big mantis will leave its baby here in the fall and die. In the spring, the little mantis will hatch out of its shell. One mantis seed can give birth to dozens of little mantises!

11. I was playing in the park, and suddenly I found a mantis in the grass. The mantis was green, with four legs and two knives in its hands.

12. In short, the thigh of the mantis is simply two rows of saw teeth.

13. When the mantis wants to fold its legs, it can put its two legs in the middle of the two rows of saw teeth. This is very safe and will not hurt itself. .

14. This mantis is different from other mantises in that its belly is wide and small. When it is cold and puts on the cloak I knitted for it, it looks majestic and handsome.

15. The most novel thing is the eyes of the mantis. During the day, its eyes are green, but at night they turn black, like two small black beans, so cute.