yeah... mantises do seem hard to build... but you did a great job on it anyway :)
also, to doborog:
spiders have eight legs! xD
and if your bowstring can withstand arrow, why cant you block with it? :)
well, I think you mean arachnids, but no, they're not arachnids because arachnids have 8 legs, they're insects. me, on my infinite derpiness =P forgot that the two claw like appendages used for snatching pray also count as legs. It was never a question about whether or not they were arachnids, because the only have 6 legs. =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P =P