The spectators do not protest, being only too willing to do the like on the first occasion.
Ferocious creatures! It is said that even wolves do not eat one another.
The Mantis is not so scrupulous; she will eat her fellows when her favourite quarry, the cricket, is attainable and abundant.
These observations reach a yet more revolting extreme.

Let us inquire into the habits of the insect at breeding time, and to avoid the confusion of a crowd let us isolate the couples under different covers.
Thus each pair will have their own dwelling, where nothing can trouble their honeymoon.

We will not forget to provide them with abundant food; there shall not be the excuse of hunger for what is to follow.
We are near the end of August.

The male Mantis, a slender and elegant lover, judges the time to be propitious.

He makes eyes at his powerful companion; he turns his head towards her; he bows his neck and raises his thorax.