I used to think that the praying mantis was related to the katydid!
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- As a child I thought that if you killed a praying mantis, you had to pay God $50.00.— stevie p
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- I also used to think if you stared at a mantis you would be paralyzed forever.
— inma d - I once for some reason thought a Mantis was a bird, instead of a bug...— Laurie J.
- When I was a kid I thought praying mantises were made out of grass— Landon
- I used to believe that people with the same first name were related.— Rebecca