Oh they are very interesting to watch! (being an entomologist i love watching all the insects) I just have a problem with companies selling them as pest
Yes, Suzanne... I know they are not an effecient beneficial predator, but it is so interesting to watch one eat a grasshopper like it was an ice cream cone.
here are some clips _ Mating praying mantis eating hummingbird_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp-6ugJm_II) and here Praying Mantis Vs Hummingbird Suzanne
there are native praying mantis they all hunt by sight and pollinators fly from plant to plant making them easy victims to the mantids. if you think of many of