It's an orchid mantis, an insect native to the rainforests of Southeast Asia.

它只兰花螳螂，种原产于东南亚热带雨林的昆虫。

In my dreams, I'm usually running for my life from a giant praying mantis.

在我的梦里，我通常在逃命，躲只巨大的螳螂。

This walking piece of vegetation is the dead-leaf mantis.

这个会动的植物枯叶螳螂。

Mantises have compound eyes composed of thousands of light-sensing units.

螳螂的复眼由数千个感光单元组成。

You know, praying mantises are the exact opposite of voles, Morty.

螳螂完全和田鼠相反。

Busy taking out the trash, the mantis shrimp keeps a sharp lookout.

忙倒垃圾的螳螂虾保锐的观察力。

The praying mantis is the only insect that can look over its shoulders.

螳螂种视野范围能越过肩膀的昆虫。

Well-known cannibals, like the praying mantis and black widow spider, were considered bizarre exceptions.

已知的同类相食者，如螳螂、黑寡妇蜘蛛曾被视为奇怪的特例。

Not unlike a praying mantis, her odd and otherworldly beauty takes time to notice.

她就像只螳螂，需要时间才能体会出她那奇特脱俗的美。

Like the plants they're named after, these mantises use their looks to flirt.

就像它们命名的植物样，这些螳螂用它们的外表去调情。

It would be hard for you or I to pluck an orchid mantis from a flowery background.

你或我很难从满花的背景中找出兰花螳螂。

And while they might have fooled you, mantises and other insects and crustaceans have " pseudopupils."

虽然它们可能愚弄了你，但螳螂和其他昆虫以及甲壳类动物都有“伪瞳孔”。

But the mantis's attack is just as accurate and it takes in only one twentieth of a second.

不过螳螂同样精准的攻击却只需要二十分之秒。

We enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that, like the praying mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives.

我们喜欢看有关昆虫的书，尤其当我们了解到螳螂等过种令人生畏的生活时，就更加爱读有关昆虫的书了。

And with their petaled legs wrapped in pinks and yellows, orchid mantises can disappear amongst those forests of flowers.

像花瓣样的腿包裹在粉红色和黄色中，兰花螳螂会消失在花丛中。

I'm usually running for my life from a giant praying mantis.

我通常在逃命 躲只巨大的螳螂。

The mantis shrimp is an insane animal.

螳螂虾种疯狂的动物。

But no matter how it happens, understanding a little bit more about sonoluminescence definitely makes me respect mantis shrimp more.

但不管它怎么发生的，对声致发光多点了解肯定会让我更加尊重螳螂虾。

Suddenly, he spotted a mantis and a cicada near the end of the branch.

突然，他在树枝的尽头发现了只螳螂和只蝉。

To perfectly imitate the bark, some of these mantises even now have outgrowths that hide the shape of their bodies.

为了能更好模仿树皮有些螳螂在外壳上会长出突起来隐藏身体的形状。