10/25/2025
Meet the Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis).... nature’s tiny kung fu master with the Eye of the Tiger (literally, have you seen those eyes?).
This little green ninja doesn’t need a gym membership, every day is leg day when you’re ambushing unsuspecting crickets. 🦗💪
While the tiger stalks the jungle, the mantis stalks… well, everything smaller than it. One moment you’re a fly, the next you’re part of a protein shake.
So next time you hear “It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight…” just imagine a mantis doing slow-motion punches in tall grass, wearing a tiny sweatband, ready to deliver one righteous karate chop of destiny.
Thank you to the Greenhouse Technician Entomology students at for pinning these two beautiful specimens.