Praying mantis is a system of kung fu not a move.
It means that it could be resting. Praying mantis move when they feel like moving. If they don't then their fine, pick it up once to see, but after that, leave it alone.
It depends, generally, a praying mantis would be stronger, but ants are creatures that live in mass quantity. If you want straight facts, a praying mantis is stronger, if you care more about a real scenario, where there would probably be one praying mantis, and thousands of ants, ants would be stronger. Also to add to this point, ants carry up to 4 times their weight.
The praying mantis is an insect with six legs and no wings, so it walks. -Mostly wrong. The mantis walks on four legs, while the other two "legs" are more like arms that he uses to grasp and kill prey, though it can help with movement like climbing things. Some breeds of mantis DO have wings, though it's usually the males that can only fly. http://www.dheconsl.net/praying_mantis.jpg
Definitely Not! A praying mantis has to move faster to catch its prey.
I'm not 100% sure, but I am quite positive that they do not. The egg-sacs are hardened a few hours after being created, and they don't move. Praying mantises only eat moving insects. It would be same to assume they would see the sac as simply a rock.
I worked on the 11th floor of a building and there was a praying mantis on the wall.
Birds are an example of animals that cannot move their eyes and instead use their necks to turn around and look. This because their eyes are fixed in their skulls, so they compensate by having a wide range of motion in their necks.
A typical praying mantis usually spends its time camouflaged and waiting for insect prey to pass by. Other than that, they mate, drink water droplets, and lay egg-sacks that contain anywhere from 50-200 baby praying mantises. They do not harm humans.
Before striking, the mantis will sway or rock back and forth. Scientists disagree about why. Some believe it is mimicking the movement of leaves in the wind. Others think that swaying helps the mantis focus its eyesight.
Yes, it can. It is really interesting to watch. It is the only insect that can turn it's head.
The praying mantis is actually not religious. It holds out its claws in front of it in a position that somewhat resembles hands folded in prayer, but it does so because this is a useful position from which to strike at insects that it will eat. It is purely coincidental that this position suggests prayer to the human viewer.