Oh, look at that pretty flower! Wait a second…
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Are they a flower, or are they an insect? Orchids are pink and white,… and some mantises are too? Do female mantises eat their valentine? Exactly how fast can a mantis strike? Do baby mantises have the zoomies? Mantises have only two eyes… right? Today with your host, Devon, and co-hosts, Chet and Cap, you will learn everything there is to know about the Orchid Mantis, Hymenopus coronatus.

Links:

• Orchid Mantis nymph photo
• Comic
• Memory Quiz
• Episode Page
• Transcript
• Works Cited

Credits:

• Additional Music: Kevin MacLeod

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