A praying mantis is in Thai generally called
takkataen tam khao,
that is to say a ‘rice
crushing grasshopper’, due to its physical form which
resembles a
saak tham
khao,
i.e. a pestle used to grind rice in a mortar. This one landed on someone's
sleeve at Kiw Lom viewpoint (fig.)
in Mae Hong Son province.
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