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Did you know that you can find one of the largest insects in the world in Minnesota? It's an invasive species, though.

expanding the known range of this mantis group previously thought to exist only in the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt. Despite being relatively large insects, praying mantises remain poorly studied ...

While this mantis may be tiny, it is still a predator. It hunts smaller insects or grubs by ambushing them, using its powerful forelegs to grasp and hold its prey while it eats.