Mantis
The mantises or Mantodea are an order of insects that contains over 2,400 species and about 430 genera in 15 families, by far the largest family being the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all have fore legs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with fore arms folded, has led to the name praying mantises.
They are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species actively pursue their prey. They normally live for about a year; in cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, and die. The eggs overwinter, protected by their hard capsule, and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation, or occasionally decapitating the males just before or during mating.
Praying mantis (disambiguation)
The Praying mantis (often shortened to simply mantis) refers to any insect in the order Mantodea. Some other meanings are as follows:
Praying Mantis (band)
Praying Mantis are an English rock band. Although a part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, they pursued a musical direction more melodic and AOR-sounding than their contemporaries.
Career
Their formation considerably pre-dated the NWOBHM movement. They were formed in 1974 by the Troy brothers, Tino and Chris, both college students. Like several NWOBHM bands they made their first available recording at Neal Kay's Soundhouse recording studio, which was released as the Soundhouse Tapes EP in 1979.
1980 saw their profile considerably raised with support slots for Iron Maiden and Ronnie Montrose's Gamma and "Captured City" was included on the Metal for Muthas compilation. The attention won them a recording contract with Arista Records and they released their best-known work Time Tells No Lies in 1981. Management and line-up instability undermined their success and Arista dropped them. The following year they signed for Jet Records, but two subsequent singles flopped and the band folded. They had recorded a version of the Russ Ballard penned track "I Surrender", but ran into conflict with Rainbow, who went on to release their version, and had a Top 10 worldwide hit. Instead, Praying Mantis recorded another single, "Cheated". It reached No. 69 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1981.
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Sanctuary released: 2009
- The Best of Praying Mantis released: 2004
- The Journey Goes On released: 2003
- Nowhere to Hide released: 2000
- Demorabilia released: 1999
- Forever in Time released: 1998
- Captured Alive in Tokyo City released: 1996
- To the Power of Ten released: 1995
- Time Tells No Lies released: 1995
- A Cry for the New World released: 1993
- Predator in Disguise released: 1991
- Live at Last released: 1990
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Remember My Name
by: Praying MantisAlone again, you swear for the last time
You won’t go through this hell of a life,
You know as mine
So start again, build a wall to hide
That brave face you know so well
No one else could ever tell, but I know
There must be something more (x2)……..
When your nights are lonely
And the tears start to fall like rain
When your love’s in the dust,
Will you remember my name?
When all the stars are fading
And you’re walking in darkness again
When there‘s no one to trust,
Then you’ll remember my name
All over now, so many could have been
But you don’t remember the ups and downs
Or in – betweens
So close your eyes, feel it slip away
You start to feel alive again,
Until you taste the bitter end
Let it go
You’re holding back the pain
Holding back the pain……..
When your nights are lonely
And the tears start to fall like rain
When your love’s in the dust,
Will you remember my name?
When all the stars are fading
And you’re walking in darkness again
When there‘s no one to trust,
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