I remember seeing a Praying Mantis in my mother’s garden in Barbados, West Indies, when I was a child.
The long slender insects with bulging eyes and front legs as if in prayer ate nuisance insects so adults told us to leave them alone.
Praying Mantis 5.13.2017
Were they green, like this Origami Mantis, or light brown? I’m not sure.
As children, we were fascinated by stories of how the female Praying Mantis would bite off the head of the male after mating.
The Origami model here is made from two sheets of paper.
The two models are folded independently but exactly the same. Then, each model was modified; one to form the upper body and the other, the lower body.
It is quite neat how the bottom half of the insect slips under the folds of the upper half. You can see this fold above the lower legs.
My Folds 