...'Gigantic' praying mantis terrorizes NYC subway riders as it hitches a ride on the 6 train

Daily Mail UK ^ | 14 August 2019 | Josh Saunders

[NFHale]

“The Deadly Mantis”

One of my favorite old 50s Sci-Fi flicks!!!!

Thanks for the memory. :^)

[Rinnwald]

I suppose synonymous sounds a little but not quite like eponymous, which would make the Daily Mail homonymphobes.

[Little Ray]

Why is that scary?

[NFHale]

One of the coolest - and most vicious - insects.

They just stare at you as if saying “Wonder how you’d taste if you were my size...”

[tired&retired]

“I bought their eggs to put in our garden.”

I brought the egg casing into our farmhouse where it hatched out. Caught hell from mom as it was not in a jar.

[V K Lee]

THE DEADLY MANTIS
DeMantis vs DeBlasio.

[tired&retired]

“Is praying allowed?”

They only pray before meals so they can eat you with good conscience.

[Jane Long]

Maybe he’s praying over that sh!thole city.

[COBOL2Java]

My wife and I were at a Bowie Baysox game a few years ago, when a Praying Mantis landed on her head. She wasn't freaked at all - she laughed.

[Afterguard]

“Captured in its synonymous ‘praying pose”

Where are the editors (not to mention stupid reporters)? Ya don’t suppose that should say eponymous do ya?

[TheZMan]

My first thought was, they need to get out of the city a few times a year. I don’t see mantis often enough, so it’s still “ooh neat”, but still... Same thing with stick bugs.

[Pravious]

I was thinking the same thing.

Epstein...? No news.
Silent Coup...? Silence.
Hillary free....? No outrage.

Bug on subway... WRITE IT UP!

[csvset]

Meanwhile, in Philadelphia

Giant possum draws crowds in Philly's Nicetown section

[originalbuckeye]

Not welcome on our property. They bite around the neck of hummingbirds just to kill them. I either kill or relocate praying mantises here.

[Rebelbase]

Strong little buggers....

[Wuli]

Seems like the mantis is getting plenty of food - other insects - in clean ole NYC. /sarc

[cuban leaf]

I moved to KY about 8 years ago. I’ve only seen a couple of those. One on my front steps, and the other on the back of a chair in my company’s lobby in downtown Louisville. Yeah, they are huge.

[HotHunt]

Geez! This is a story in the media?

Come down to Florida. Gigantic bugs are the norm here.

Only in New York.....

[cuban leaf]

Is praying allowed?

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That’s why they were terrified.

[Rummyfan]

Second only to Them. Poor James Whitmore. And Spock and Fess Parker in small roles.