Mantis is the common name of any insect in the order Mantodea, also commonly known as praying mantises.

Mantis may also refer to:

Science and technology

Biology

• Mantis (genus), a genus of mantises

• Mantis shrimp, also known as stomatopods, predatory crustaceans

• Mantispidae or mantis-flies, small predatory insects whose front legs are similar to those of a praying mantis

Computing

• MANTIS, a programming language or an application generator marketed by Cincom

• Mantis Bug Tracker, a bug tracking system

Spacecraft

• MANTIS (spacecraft), "Main-belt Asteroid and NEO Tour with Imaging and Spectroscopy", a proposed NASA spacecraft that would flyby multiple asteroids

• MANTIS (space telescope), "Monitoring Activity from Nearby Stars with UV Imaging and Spectroscopy", a planned NASA space telescope

Arts and entertainment

• Mantis (album), a 2009 studio album by progressive rock/jam band Umphrey's McGee

• The Mantis, a 2023 novel in the Hitman franchise by Kōtarō Isaka

Comics

• Mantis (DC Comics), a supervillain in Jack Kirby's Fourth World

Mantis (Marvel Comics), a member of The Avengers

• Mantis (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the character

Games

• Mantis, also known as Stinger Mantis, a ship in the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

• Psycho Mantis, a boss in the video game Metal Gear Solid

• Mantis, an alien insect-like race in the real-time strategy computer game Conquest: Frontier Wars

• Mantis, an alien race in the MMORPG Pirate Galaxy

• XF5700 Mantis, a space sim by MicroPlay in 1992

• The Mantis, an alien insect-like race in the roguelike computer game FTL: Faster Than Light

Film and television

• M.A.N.T.I.S., a superhero television series

La Mante, a 2017 French miniseries

• Queen Mantis, a 2025 South Korean adaptation

• Mantis (film), a 2025 South Korean Netflix film

Military

• BAE Systems Mantis, an unmanned air vehicle developed by BAE Systems

• Nächstbereichschutzsystem MANTIS, a very short-range protection system of the German Army intended for base-protection

Other uses

• Jeremy Coney, former New Zealand cricket captain's nicknamed "The Mantis"

• Cagn, a god of the San of southern Africa, who often takes the shape of a praying mantis

• Mantis (roller coaster), a former stand-up roller coaster at Cedar Point

• Marcos Mantis, a British sports car

• , the ancient Greek word for seer or soothsayer, one cognizant of the will of divinity learned through divination

See also

• UltraMantis Black, a professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion

• Northern Praying Mantis, a martial art

• Southern Praying Mantis, a martial art

• Praying mantis (disambiguation)

• Mantissa (disambiguation)

• Manta (disambiguation)