Praying Mantis are a small winged insect, similar to a grasshopper.  Their front legs are folded up underneath their head, and on attacking prey they are unfolded.  They also sway when they are about to attack.
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no cause the dutch are mostly agnostic.....
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The scientific name is pteropus giganteus.  The word bat means "leather flapper."  The flying fox is one of the largest bats with a wingspan of about five feet.  They can live to be over 30 and are frugivorous, which means they are fruit eaters. They live in the tropical areas of Asia.
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Well, we have Crane Flies and Daddy Long legs in the US, but they're not the same thing.  If your crane fly is the same as ours (looks like a giant mosquito), probably because they have really long legs.\n\nA Daddy Long Legs in the US (also called a Harvestman) resembels a spider but has really long spindly legs, kinda like a crane fly (but there's 8 of them and no wings).
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Actually yes there are... here is one that is acutally called the Asian Centipede...\n\nPhysical Characteristics: Centipedes have long, flat bodies. Their trunks have many segments and almost all have 2 legs each. Adults in the family Scolopendridae have 21 or 23 pairs of legs, which are quite long and thick. The two last legs are very long and stick out backwards at the tail end of a centipede’s body. Its legs have joints and can bend. On the front of the head are two long antennae and under its head are two poison claws that end with a curved fang with a pointed tip. Centipedes may be as small as 2.5 inches long or as large as 12 inches long.\n\nMost Myriapods (both centipedes and millipedes) have tiny eyes, which can sense only light and dark, but cannot see color. Without eyes, their body surfaces sense light and dark. Tiny hairs on their bodies help them sense when something touches them. The antennae are waved around to smell and taste surroundings.\n\nDiet: Insects, spiders, earthworms, snails, and millipedes. Certain large centipedes eat small frogs, lizards, snakes, birds, and mice.\n\nBehavior: Much time is spent cleaning their antennae by wiping them with their mouths or front legs. When prey is caught, the centipede stabs the animal with its poison claws and injects its poison. The centipede then holds its prey and bites off one piece at a time.\nMost centipedes have long legs and can run quickly from danger and may even be capable of catching flying insects. Some centipedes can even break off some of their legs if a predator catches hold of them. The missing legs grow back the next time the centipede molts. Scolopendra species use their bodies to dig chambers in soil where they may rest for several days.\n\nYour friend is probably going to be ok.  Here is some information on bites from centipedes. \n\nDefinition    \n\nThis article describes the effects of a centipede bite.\n\nPoisonous Ingredient    \n\ncentipede venom \nWhere Found    \n\ncentipedes \nSymptoms    \n\nbody as a whole \npain in the area of bite \nswelling in the area of bite \npossible lymph node swelling \nskin \nredness in the area of bite \npossible numbness at the site of the bite \nHome Treatment    \n\nPlace ice (wrapped in a washcloth or other suitable covering) on the site of the bite for 10 minutes and then off for 10 minutes. Repeat this process. If patient has circulatory problems, decrease the time to prevent possible damage to the skin. A trip to the emergency room will probably not be necessary, but contact Poison Control just to make sure.\n\nBefore Calling Emergency    \n\nDetermine the following information:\n\nthe patient's age, weight, and condition \nthe identity of the centipede if possible \nthe time of the bite \nPoison Control, or a local emergency number    \n\nThey will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. If possible, bring the insect to the emergency room for identification.\n\nWhat to expect at the emergency room    \n\nThe symptoms will be treated.\n\nExpectations (prognosis)    \n\nSymptoms usually last less than 48 hours. Severe allergic reactions or contact with exotic specimens may require more treatment.
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BIG and UGLIES...some people call them flying cockroaches...water bugs or tree roaches.   Whatever you want to call them they attack before they run away from you, they are BIG and UGLY and I don't want to get anywhere near them...!!!!!
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no.  most people think of insects as bugs, and a scorpion is an arachnid, which is not an insect.
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Well the latin name Hemiptera mean "half-wing", that is because the majority of the representatives in the sub order Heteroptera actually have a thickened membranous portion at the basal half of the wing and a membranous textured section at the apical half.\nNow the term BUG is only a common name, and it is given to any inset that has the modified mouthpart called a stylet. This is a hardened "beak" thtat allows this diverse group to pierce into plant and animal tissues (mostly other insects). It is this haustellate mouthpart assembly that really charaterises the order, but the common name is most likely like all the others, just made up with no real meaning. Look at words like dragonfly, mayfly, cockroach, things like that that actually dont have any true reflection on the insect itself, they are simply common names that laymen can use to easily identify those orders of insects.\nThere are three distinct sub-orders within the Hemiptera, well actually 4 but three very major ones, these are the Heteroptera "true bugs", the Auchenorryncha, which includes the cicadas, tree hoppers and leafhoppers, and the Sternorryncha, which includes the scale insects, aphids, and mealy bugs.\nall three sub orders are called bugs, very loosely.\n\nhere is an image of some true bugs, they all have the piercing sucking stylet I mentioned earlier:\n\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/44005\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/36112\n\ncheck out the stylet on this guy!\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/63287\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/33426
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Octapi and Squid are underwater animals, the flying Spaghetti Monster is an air breather. Their noodly appendages may be simlar looking, but serve completely different functions. They are not realated.
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a jackal has the smallest heart for its body size.  Insects don't have noses.
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there part of a group of insects that only live a short while, a few weeks or more. so they have to find a mate quickly and reproduce, just nature thats all.
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its hard to assign a foot posture to a bird, unless it is a bird that doesnt fly such as a penguin or emu. they have plantigrade foot posture. I do believe other birds are technically plantigrade, but are usually assigned names based on the type of foot. Ie, a raptor would have raptorial feet, a duck palmate, and so on. I would assume bats are the same,but since they dont use their feet for locomotion, its a hard thing to define. good question
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Mathematically it is impossible for a honey bee's wings to support it in flight.\nThe praying mantis is the only insect that can turn it's head.\nScientists still do not know how a cat purrs or where in it's body the noise comes from.
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I think the insect you are describing is what is known as the house centipede. They are incredibly fast little buggers, and can give you a good startle if you run into one unexpectedly. They are common in many types of houses and feed on smaller insects, sometimes even bed bugs, carpet beetles, clothes moths and young cockroaches, so they are typically more beneficial than detrimental....\nhere is a photo:\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/5590\n\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/74226
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The "angel bug" name is probably a local thing. They could be whiteflies or woolly aphids.\nCheck out some pics:\nhttp://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Sternorrhyncha.html
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Ironclad beetle\n\nThe armored tank of the beetle world.\n\nhttp://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/bimg170.html\n\nhttp://www.texasento.net/Ironclad.html\n\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/5779/bgpage\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zopherinae
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possibly these:\n http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/images/a-txt/aimg80.html\n If not try here:\nhttp://insects.tamu.edu/imagegallery/
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No silly, the term "ladybug" is the laymans term for the species, which is sexually monomorphic (which means males and females look the same). As you can see from the link below, there are many different species of ladybugs, which differ by color and spots.