Mantis

The Mantis is a passive creature in Minecraft

Spawning
Mants usually spawn commonly in the plains, in flat areas, they can also spawn in forests but this is a much more rare chance.

Description
Mantises look like normal mantises except that they are 2x2 in size. They come in green amd brown but sometimes in pink or yellow.

Behavior
Mantis's are passive to players, but they do attack arthopods like Spiders and Silverfish.

Naturally Mantises come in brown or green. Yet they have a 0.50% chance to come in pink. These matises have regen on themselves. They sometimes will drop a regeneration potion. Spawning a mantis in the nether results in getting an orange one. These mantises are immune to fire and give players fire resistance when they're near.

If for some reason a hostile mob attacks them, the Mantis will fight back. Mantises are faster then a player so they can easily outrun fleeing creatures.

Drops
Mantis claw-

Duarability of a wooden sword, attack power of a diamond sword

Regeneration Potion (Pink Mantis only)

Fire Resistance Potion (Orange Mantis only)

Breeding
Feeding a mantis a spider eye results in it going into love mode. You must have a male mantis and a female together for them to breed. Males are shorter then females so look carefully. After they breed the female will lay a mantis case.

After about a third of a minecraft day, the egg will hatch and ten baby mantises will spawn. (They are about the size of a baby turtle)

Mantises will have the color of one of their parents and can be killed in one hit. Arthopods will kill them on sight.

Stalkers (See article) will sometimes store the egg in their three slot inventory. Giving this to the queen results in her going back to full health!!

Trivia

 * Mantises can sometimes pick up torches or swords in their claws
 * This is a reference to the Mantis in Ark
 * Both creatures are about the same size