Barbados
Jamaica
noun
The praying mantis
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Jamaica
Jamaica
Shusnay
10 years ago

Riding hawse is another name

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
Lisa Daniel
7 years ago

When you see a brown praying mantis. What is the meaning

Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago
God horse
7 years ago

Need to know what is the meaning

Jamaica
Jamaica
shayla
7 years ago

what do you mean?

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Ian Hunt
5 years ago

The color is depending on the environment the mantis lives in. Brown usually means it lives on branches, and green could be big leaves or tons of vegetation

Jamaica
Jamaica
Zach Banks
3 years ago

When they mate the female will eat the male to get protein to lay the eggs

Jamaica
Jamaica
Zach Banks
3 years ago

Where you can find them in Jamaica?

Barbados
Barbados
kk
2 years ago

can it bite you.cuz i see it has teeth. can it get u sick in the ear

Barbados
Barbados
Vilna
2 years ago

It's called *God-horse in Barbados* Have become rare it seems. In the French Caribbean it's called *Cheval de Dieu* which is a literal translation of God-horse.

Grenada
Grenada
Hydrah
8 months ago

It's called God horse in Grenada 🇬🇩..

Barbados
Barbados
8 months ago

A god horse is a stick insect. Quite different from a praying mantis, I believe.