Sexual cannibalism is common among mantises in captivity, and under some circumstances may also be observed in the field. The female may start feeding by biting off the male’s head (as with any prey), and if mating had begun, the male’s movements may become even more vigorous in its delivery of sperm.

Sounds like marriage? lol!

What's a little "head" between her and her man?

Haven't seen one of those since I was a kid. My son loves 'em.

One of the great martial art forms.

One landed on the office window here on Friday.

I was driving in downtown Bethlehem one day last summer, enjoying a cigar with my windows down. One landed right on my steering wheel. A giant one, scared the crap out of me. I had no idea what to do. It would not move. So, I just kept driving around with it centered on my steering wheel. My guess is, it enjoyed the aroma coming from my cigar. Or, it enjoyed the music playing on my Ipod.

It hung around that patio all afternoon, while I smoked a couple of cigars. They're a great bug catcher. I tried to catch a pic while it was in flight, but I wasn't quick enough.

SteveR, They look mean, but don't bite. Mean Kungfu.

I guess it was just hitching a ride. lol!

I likem fried..

Let one crawl up to my forearm, sent a co-worker to catch something and fed him a moth. When he was done he flew away leaving two dusty moth wings in his place. Good times...good times.

#5 I'm gonna go with the cigar. Seems to me I recently read about a study that found they are repulsed by Barry Manilow.