Shifting Sands
Her mantis green eyes locked with the cold lapis. "brothers-in-arms?" she asked. "sworn brothers," he replied.
Counter Earth Chronicles Chapter 76: Strange Reunions (Finals Week Part Six)
Devious still under deception's spell struck them down without missing a beat- a large preying mantis, even a flying eyeball._ _toby was again reminded of how dangerous this dark world actually was and how amazing devious was even when he was under a spell
Hejira 22
It is bipedal, tall, thin, with spindly arms and legs, and a large head with bulbous eyes, reminiscent of a preying mantis. the head is crowned with evenly space tendrils or dreadlocks, that hang just past the shoulders.
Children of the Earth and Sky 2 - The Blood He Spilt
[/i] bringing out his sword the two stood apart from each other, tensing their legs to a braced position as the mantis stepped forth with a testing cut to seaclaw's head.
Your Possible Pasts 1 - Biding My Time
[/i] the boy took it in his hands as they started to train, the mantis-bot slicing with careful motions of his katana that seaclaw mimicked as best he could.
The Final Anomaly 8 - Hidden Wounds
The mantis stumbled with a feigned limp, blocking the child's coming attack with a parrying twist of his sword hooking under seaclaw's thrust and slide it past his face.
Chapter 7 - The Origin of Skyfire, Part 2
Charmeleon looks around at the rest of the pokemon, who are obviously afraid of the large mantis. "hmm... nice intrusion... been there long?" he says. scyther sneers. "long enough."
Chapter 2: Goes Unpunished
Folding into real-space like a mantis looming over potential prey was a caushae warship that dwarfed the previous aggressor in every proportion.
Aurora: Chapter Two: The Demon
Their faces became a blur with time, but the girl who reminded me of a mantis stood out the most, likely because we became casual friends, playing games and sharing meals together.
Kaiju ga Gotoku 7.6 - The Empire Strikes Back
A dull cloudy afternoon gave the wind an extra chill, as sanjin stared down the mantis across the small miserable pitch, with gonji guarding one end and the bull at the other.
The Final Anomaly 4 - A Friend in Need
Heading to a small grove clustered in rocks, a dull-brown raptor sat looking up towards a tall green statue shaped like a mantis with a bronze cymbal-shaped hat who stood upon a broken tree.
Dying Soldiers
These aliens, four legged and two armed - boneless appendages and other, they that looked like a mix of cockroach and preying mantis whom were mortally terrified, but they would do well enough in a pinch.