I can’t remember any more of the dream after that. and it was all white! I find it a strange ‘coincidence’. I’ve never seen. Now I feel like I am going to be terrified of them. Again, I am unsure why you are so afraid of them, or what your dream means, but I wanted to give you a little knowledge into the world of mantids, to possibly ease your fear of them. In the dream I then proceeded to cut the praying mantis to pieces and it produced unusually a lot of meat. Since March he has cleaned up his drug abuse. I’ve seen maybe 3 praying mantis’ my entire life, i’m 47. and in the course of a few days 4 of them just took up residence with me. The last few weeks have been stressful to say the least. My dad killed the crickets out of vengeance. I felt a weird presence perhaps a feeling of things finally turning around for me for the better or maybe a sense of a love one (who is no longer here)showing some kind of guidance or sign so to speak. I saw a praying mantis yesterday when I went to work, just sitting on the window, almost watching me. Or grasshoppers. So that summer into fall we noticed the sacks again on the trumpet vine. Every time we moved past the bug it would follow us? I was talking with my sister when I saw it flying around. Once the girls went inside, I took a picture of it. Hello Annie: In order to illuminate resolution to your current dilemma go inwards and use meditation. So I just stood there talking to him, promising that I loved him and would protect him. Come to find out my husband had let the one I gave him go the night before, so for all I know it is the same one. At first i thought it may be a grass hopper. I could hear it whispering but just barely, me and my friend spendt a long tine looking at it and saying it was beautiful, then we kept talking to each other and the mantis was still in the curtain.i think itvwas really weird to notice something at the background in a dream, and getting a closer look felt really special. Also, their early stages often mimic that of ants. I picked it up and it pinched the tip of my finger each time. Amazing creatures. She was about 2-3 inches long, brown and Neva got spooked when I got closer to watch her. It’s all very fascinating. I flip out and shake it off and head inside. Walking on asphalt behind a Wal-Mart stumbled upon a praying mantis. I turn around to see this huge praying mantis hanging onto my backseat. The insect symbolizes i guess they were really determined to get through to me ! Usually, Praying Mantis symbolism makes an appearance when we’ve flooded our lives with so much business, activity, or chaos that we can no longer hear the still small voice within us.