Mack wrote in message ...
On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 04:13:54 -0500, Eggs Zachtly
wrote:

Tomes said:

(And it is illegal in NJ at least to harm them.)

Bullshit. There are no laws in the US about cruelty to *any* insect. None.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.htm

Unfortunately this is correct - at least as of 1999:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.htm

Terry

Well how about that. I learned something here today, confirmed by my own
search of the internet to assuage my disbelief. Thanks for fixing this
thought folks.

It is, I found, the state insect of Connecticut.
http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246504
Tomes