Praying mantis

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The mantises or Mantodea is an order of insects that comprises thousands of species. Horsehair Worms (Nematomorpha, but mostly Chordodes) parasitize Praying mantids. The parasites may enter the host through an intermediate host with aquatic larvae that is eaten by a mantis.[1]