Praying mantises range from less than one inch up to 12 in. most are either green or brown. the insect has a large triangular head with a compound eye on each side. praying mantises are the only insect that turns their heads a full 180 degree. their eyes are sensitive to the slightest movement of the 60 feet away. they have a long neck and a very powerful draw their Strong by me front legs that are affected to catch and holding down prey. they must blend in their habitats to avoid being eaten by their many enemies in the bodies of some species of mantis has there is a hollow chamber it has recently been discovered that these Chambers provide the mantises with means detecting that's one of their most feared predators

nearly 2,000 species of mantises are widely distributed throughout tropical subtropical and warm temperatures areas of the world. different species live in many parts of countries such as North and South America South America Europe and Southern parts of Asia and some parts of Australia. praying mantises in Northern America are usually green or brown. there is a 3 mantises in eastern United States the European mantid and Chinese mantis.

praying mantises eat insects and other invertebrates sounds great like beetles butterflies spiders crickets Grasshoppers and other mantises. they also eat vertebrates such as small tree frogs lizards mice and hummingbirds.

the Mantis front legs have rows of sharp spines used to grasp pray the Mantis has wait until unmoving and is almost invisible on a leaf with them and ready to catch insects that pass

when potential prey comes close enough the Mantis thrusts it's pincher like forelegs forward to catch it the the prey probably won't Escape because the forelegs are so strong the armed with overlapping spines the Mantis bites its neck of its prey to paralyze it and begins to devour it

breeding season is in the summer in the temperate areas the female will lay groups of 12 to 400 eggs in the autumn in a small case that has hard protective shell insects are not only creatures in the animal kingdom that create protective shells for their eggs this helps the egg survive during the winter time

small mantises emerge in the spring often their first meal is a sibling young mantis also eat tree hppers and aphids and small flies. nymphs will shed many times before they are fully grown it takes an entire summer or growing season for mantises to mature to adulthood one generation develops each season

question
the student wants to revise the draft to have stronger lead which sentence would be the best introduction to the report

A- many species of mantises resemble and when they are small but as they go through small species of moths they begin to look more like adult mantises

B-there are many different kinds of insects in the world and the praying mantis is one of them

C-praying mantis is named for its prominent front legs which are bent and held together at an angle that suggest position of Prayer

D-some people think of the praying mantis as a pest but it's actually a helpful predator ​