Grass mantis

{{Short description|Common name for several praying mantises}}

Grass mantis is a common name mostly given to various species of praying mantis that mimic grass or other slender vegetation. Species to which this name has been applied include but are not limited to:

• Glabromantis mexicana (Mexican grass mantis)[http://bugsincyberspace.com/mantis.html Praying Mantises, AKA Mantids (Order Dictyoptera)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721050100/http://bugsincyberspace.com/mantis.html |date=2008-07-21 }}
• Odontomantis planiceps (grass mantis)[http://www.usamantis.com/odonto_log.html USA Mantis]{{Cite web |url=http://www.prayingmantid.co.uk/portfolio23242.html |title=Odontomantis planiceps - grass mantis |access-date=2008-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101100448/http://www.prayingmantid.co.uk/portfolio23242.html |archive-date=2008-11-01 |url-status=dead }}
• Oxyothespis dumonti (African grass mantis)
• Thesprotia graminis (American grass mantis)
• Schizocephala bicornis (Indian grass mantis)