Talk:Mantis

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	A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 14, 2015. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that some mantises mimic flowers convincingly enough to attract insect prey?
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It would be interesting to compare how insect's perception is reflected in other languages. For example, David (in Kazakh), monk grass hopper (in Tatar), praying man (in Russian) and so on. Ilya-42 (talk) 07:52, 11 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for discussing. This might find a place in the 'In culture' section, if a reliable source (presumably a scholar in this case) has discussed the matter. The rules on WP:SYNTH (WP:OR) forbid our assembling such a thing based only on names; further, English Wikipedia is not concerned directly with foreign names, nor is it a dictionary (WP:NOTDICT). So, as always, we are bound by the available sources. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:39, 11 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

One sentence reads as follows:

"The vernacular plural "mantises" (used in this article) was originally confined largely to the US, with "mantids" predominantly used as the plural in the UK and elsewhere, until the family Mantidae was further split in 2002; at present, only some 75 out of 430 known genera are mantids, the rest are in 28 other families, and therefore no longer "mantids"."

Unfortunately, this sentence never states which word "mantises" or "mantids" might be considered to be the plural of.

I hope that someone familiar with this subject can fix this mistake. ~2026-12538-50 (talk) 17:58, 27 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:02, 27 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

The redirect Mantii has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 April 25 § Mantii until a consensus is reached. Chess enjoyer (talk) 03:39, 25 April 2026 (UTC)Reply