-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Mantises (Order Mantodea)

-Suborder Eumantodea

-Infraorder Schizomantodea

-Superfamily Mantoidea

-Mantids (Family Mantidae)

-Subfamily Stagmomantinae

-Tribe Stagmomantini

-Genus Stagmomantis

The Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) is a species of praying mantis of the subfamily Stagmomantinae. The front legs are usually held folded in front of the insect in a pose resembling an attitude of prayer. When an unfortunate insect gets too close, the mantid's fore legs lash out, grab the prey, and then hold it while it is eaten