Praying mantis
| 75 | |
| Duration (min) | 69 |
| Points cost | 8 |
| Abilities | None |
| Special moves | Mantis strike |
| Race | Insect |
| Combat level | 131 |
| Life Points | 4280 |
| Immune to poison? | Yes |
| Attack Style | Attack |
| Maximum hit | 145 |
| Examine text | Wax on, wax off, grab a butterfly and eat it... Wait, what? |

The Praying mantis is a Summoning familiar that a player is able to summon at 75 Summoning.
Praying mantis pouch
| Shards | Shard cost | Charm | Tertiary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 4,200 coins | Crimson | Flowers | |||
| Create XP | Use XP | Low Alch | Hi Alch | GE Price | ||
| 329.6 | 3.6 | 1,849 coins | 2,774 coins | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins (info) | ||
| GE Database | Cost to make | Bogrog shard return | Shard return level | |||
| Look up price | 4,621 coins | 118 ( |
79 | |||
| Examine text | ||||||
| I can summon a praying mantis familiar with this. | ||||||
A Praying mantis pouch is made by using a Summoning pouch on a Summoning obelisk with 168 spirit shards, a Crimson charm and Flowers of any colour in the player's inventory. Using the pouch to summon a Praying mantis costs 8 summoning points.
Mantis strike scroll

| Mantis strike scroll | Create XP | Use XP | Special move points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 6 | |
| Low Alch | High Alch | GE Price | |
| 184 coins | 277 coins | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins (info) | |
| GE Database | Bogrog shard return | Shard return level | |
| Look up price | 9 ( |
79 | |
| Examine text | |||
| A scroll for a praying mantis familiar. | |||
The Mantis strike scroll enables the use of the Mantis strike special move for a Praying mantis. Using a Praying mantis pouch on a Summoning obelisk creates ten Mantis strike scrolls.
Mantis strike
Mantis strike is the special move of the Praying mantis, activated by a Mantis strike scroll. When activated against an opponent, it uses a magic based attack (max hit 170) which always drains the opponent's prayer and binds if it deals any damage. Each use of a Mantis strike scroll requires 6 special move points.
Trivia
- The examine text is a reference to the movie, Karate Kid.
- The secondary ingredient for the praying mantis used to be a red mithril flower. This was changed to any flower in a later update.