螂 - mantis

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

Indo-Pacific mantis (Hierodula patellifera)

narrow-winged mantis

mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)

water scorpion (Ranatra chinensis); water stick

courageous but doomed resistance

praying mantis style