Orchid Mantis-The Beautiful Bug That Looks Just Like A Flower

Why do orchid mantis look like orchids? Is mantis an orchid? Or is it a bug? Beautiful Huntresses: Scientists Explain Why Mantises Evolved To Resemble Orchids : The Two-Way Typically, when insect females evolve to become larger than males, it's in order to produce more offspring. But female orchid mantises evolved to look like flowers for a sinister reason: to hunt prey.