Giant Praying Mantises (Goosebumps)

The Giant Praying Mantises appeared in the 1995 Goosebumps literature called A Shocker on Shock Street. In the book, the mantises are described as being three times the height of Erin (which, given her age, would put them somewhere between twelve and fifteen feet high) with silvery exoskeletons. They possess a tongue, unlike real mantises, as well as the ability to spit sticky, hot tar-like substances, presumably to ensnare prey. As with every other horror in the book; the mantises are animatronic.