Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow (Chapter 6)
She says as you pull the legs off the mantises body \>"giant praying mantis, good with salt and butter" you say holding up the legs \>they were actually quite good to eat \>you help gracie to her feet \>paws? footpaws?
Eye of a Needle
"Are you afraid of needles, Fran?" Fran had always vaguely hated hospitals. This must have been a fairly widespread sentiment all over Earth, she imagined. Of course, you go to the hospital because you need to, not because you want to, she told...
Parallel Universe Ch 23
It has the body of a praying mantis, wings of a bat, and a stinger of a wasp. the fiend's body soon was covered in flames. its shrieks of pain were deafening to us canines as its body soon turned into dust and melted into nothingness. "alright!
Dragonheart Part 32
"jutsu of the passage of praying mantis. grass blade! "raced from left and right, two green blade, like the arms of a praying mantis on the two hosts. the left was of chira shared with his last two flames, the other held up by an earth wall.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 24
His head kept jerking sideways and his shoulders tensed and untensed at irregular intervals, pulling his hands up in front of his chest like a gigantic furry praying mantis.
Engineering, Part 2
I raised my cocktail glass to salute my friend with my praying mantis -- a stylish upgrade from the grasshopper. "here's to rising above the worst of us, whatever our species."
The Island Guardian 3 - Separated
** asked the praying mantis. _"yes,"_ replied moonclaw, _"have you seen any like us besides barkclaw?"
Renaki and Silver's Oneshot Collection #3
Maliha and i were in a heated battle with a snimon, a praying-mantis digimon. he was only at champion level; however, he was proving to be a formidable opponent, as he dodged yet another of our attacks. his claws then began to glow. "twin sickles!"
Gilded Cage: Chapter 24+25
Ever see a praying mantis?” “why?” “they start eating at the center.” he mimed stabbing at his gut, “he’s going to be _quite_ alive while he’s being devoured.” she hung her head with a weakened chirp, “he still didn’t deserve a death like _that_.”
War tails of the white Wolf (Ch 6) Operation Harbinger
The left arm had mutated into a claw of sorts; similar to what a praying mantis has, and the legs were changing as well...becoming more like a wild animals; digigrade rather then plantigrade.
Kaiju ga Gotoku 2.2 - Chasing Red Wings
With cautious eyes they reeled through the footage to find kurasawa, alive in the past with his long familiar coat as the praying mantis hurried towards a phone and started talking.
Remember the Oath 9 - Isaac
A giant green bug, somewhat like a praying mantis but with a head more akin to that of a dragon.