Her job? Checking the sold trees for praying mantis egg sacs. These insects often attach their egg sacs, resembling a brown, walnut-sized hard clump similar to a pine cone, to Christmas tree branches.

These critters get their name from their kaleidoscope shell—like a peacock’s tail—and their hinged forearms which resemble that of a praying ... more eggs. Like other reef species, mantis ...

Like a praying mantis, the mantis shrimp use a specialised ... the food while the female puts her efforts into raising their eggs. However, the arrangement is not fool proof ...