Praying mantis are kind of like spiders in the aspect that they don't really bite if not truely threatened, IMO. I usually just pick up spiders too.. set your hand down and guide them towards it and let them board it themselves. Some katydids have some mean looking chompers, I know that. I get some evil looking ones around here.
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