In this reality, Shang-Chi is the head of the Dragons criminal organization, alongside Colleen Wing, Swordsman, Mantis, Zaran and Machete.

Louie is a huge fan of comic books moreso than his brothers, with his favorite comic book hero being Mantis Boy.

Louie owns a violin just as Mantis Boy does ; at first he is not good playing the violin at all, indeed it is regarded as noise to anyone who hears it, but eventually he learns to play it very well.

* Arnis Baraw System – founded by Rafael Moreno, this style is an eclectic system created under the experience of Rafael Moreno in the Sayoc system, Kuntao, pentjak silat ( by the hands of master Williem de Thouars ), with a strong influence of the Russian Voin System of master Sergey Tyschenko, and elements of the Praying Mantis kung fu and Tai chi.

* Blood of the Mantis, a 2009 Fantasy novel by British author Adrian Tchaikovsky ( and set in a fictional universe where different human races are modeled on different insects ) is dedicated to Fabre.

Finally, alien and familiar images are juxtaposed, as in The Deadly Mantis, when a giant praying mantis is shown climbing the Washington Monument.

Mantis shrimp is abundant in the coastal regions of south Vietnam, known in Vietnamese as tôm tít or tôm tích.

In this respect it is similar to Northern Praying Mantis.

Alleghany Corporation () is an investment holding company originally created by the railroad entrepreneurs Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen as a holding company for their railroad interests.

The discovery that it is the Avenger Mantis leads to another confrontation with the Avengers.

The Prime Kang then attempts to manipulate the Avengers from a time vortex and later encounters the Fantastic Four in a bid to capture Mantis and use her to defeat a Celestial and defeat the other Kangs, while " Fred " is incinerated by a Nebula-possessed Human Torch during a later battle with the Fantastic Four in the timestream.

Northern Praying Mantis () is a style of Chinese martial arts, sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after its province of origin.

One of the most distinctive features of Northern Praying Mantis is the " praying mantis hook " ( 螳螂勾 ; pinyin: tángláng gōu ): a hook made of one to three fingers directing force in a whip-like manner.

Northern Praying Mantis is especially known for its speed and continuous attacks.

* In 1979 Yuen Siu-tien reprised the role of Beggar So in the film Dance of the Drunk Mantis, which is entitled Drunken Master Part 2 ( not to be confused with Drunken Master II noted above ) in some releases.

The luxurious interior seats four in comfort, and the boot, with a capacity of 10 cubic feet, makes the Mantis ideal for the man who is going places and wants to travel in style.

In Illusion of Gaia, he is referred to as " Blazer " by the hidden boss, Solid Arm ( Soul Blazer's Metal Mantis ).

Mantis is the common name of any insect in the order Mantodea, also commonly known as praying mantises.

It is also the name of an Iranian Saam Class frigate sunk in Operation Praying Mantis by American forces in 1988.

A stone monument to Wang Lang, founder of Northern Praying Mantis ( martial art ) | Northern Praying Mantis boxing, is located on the mountain.

When the school is invaded by the Mantis school, to everyone's amazement Chien easily defeats their master using the snake style.

The Chinese Mantis ( Tenodera sinensis ) is a species of praying mantis.

* The Deadly Mantis, a 1957 movie featuring a giant mantis

One-time villains Zorak ( a giant Praying Mantis or Locust, depending on the particular episode ) and Moltar ( a lava creature inside a metal suit ) were Space Ghost's sidekicks ( with guest appearances from many other old Space Ghost villains, most notably Brak ).

Preytor-A homage to " The Deadly Mantis ", Preytor is a giant Praying-Mantis.

Andros used his Spiral Saber, Cassie her Satellite Stunner and Zhane his Super Silverizer to destroy Praying Mantis, but then the Satellasers were fired to make the monster into a giant.

* Mantis Bug Tracker, a SQL database driven PHP bug tracking system

Mantis is considered a bug type enemy and is therefore vulnerable to weapons with the light attribute such as the Laser Pistol ( Laser_PSTL. arm ), Pulse Rifle ( Pulse_RFL. arm ) and the Photon Machine Gun ( Photon_MG. arm ).

Mantis Bug Tracker is a free and open source, web-based bug tracking system released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.

* Mantis Bug Tracker-a web-based PHP / MySQL bug tracker.

Delays and problems, together with the development costs of the Mantis, led the company to close its doors for the first time.

In 1968 came the first Mantis, the Mantis XP.

Hwang has appeared in many other Hong Kong and Korean films such as Dance of the Drunk Mantis, No Retreat, No Surrender 2 and Game of Death II and made his first directing debut in the 1981 film Hitman in the Hand of Buddha as Wong Chin.

In addition to appearing on the final levels of each battlefield in Sector 02, each boss also appears in every thirtieth level in Sector 03 Infinity with Mantis first appearing on level 10, Enforcer on level 20 and Colossus on level 30.

Bangarra's first full length show Praying Mantis Dreaming was produced in 1992, and 11 productions have followed.

However, Magus survived this fate ( he later reveals that the final " battle " was merely complex illusory magic on his part ), and is holding Gamora, Phylla-Vell, Cosmo, Major Victory, and Mantis in suspended animation as his prisoners.

* Proving Grounds ( Mantis level )

After level 30 the cycle repeats itself with Mantis on level 40, Enforcer on level 50 and so on.

In addition, the extra Creature Portal dwelling allows all other nature-aligned creatures to be purchased in a Preserve town, which include the level 1 Leprechaun, the level 2 Satyr, the level 3 Earth Elemental, Fire Elemental, Water Elemental, Air Elemental, and Waspwort, and the level 4 Mantis.

Other enemies also assist the bosses on later levels, such as snipers with Mantis, bombers when fighting Enforcer and exploding bugs with Colossus when fighting in Sector 03 Infinity and above.

Image: Mantis 02. JPG | Track view of the corkscrew and the end of the twisted tracks.