Students lobby to dethrone Connecticut's state insect, the voraciously predatory praying mantis

When it comes to state insects, most states honor fuzzy or beloved bugs like honey bees or butterflies. Not so Connecticut, whose bug-to-be-most-proud-of is a voracious non-native predator, Mantis religiosa. Two groups of schoolkids want lawmakers to replace the praying mantis.

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