

DESCRIPTION
This mod is fully complete, and will only update to fix bugs.
Adds 3 variants of praying mantis! They are neutral mobs, can be tamed, hunt bees and grasshoppers if not tamed, and have different stats based on their coloration.
ENTITIES
Adds multiple variants of praying mantises, inluding:
Blossom Mantis - Low health, high speed and damage. (Spawns in Cherry Groves and Lush Caves)
Bark Mantis - Medium health, medium speed and damage, high knockback. (Spawns in Taigas, Badlands, Deserts, and Spruce Forests)
Brush Mantis - High health, low speed and damage, mid knockback. (Spawns in most Forests and all open Grassy Plains)
Also adds the Grasshopper
- Grasshopper (Rare spawn when breaking grass, bushes, and ferns)
ITEMS
Both of these items can tame the mantises
Grasshopper - Food, Tame item
Seared Grasshopper - Food, Tame item
BLOCKS
Each Ootheca is colored based on the mantis type that will hatch
Green Ootheca - Hatches Brush Mantis, found in grass, bushes, oak leaves, and birch leaves
Brown Ootheca - Hatches Bark Mantis, found in both dead grass variants, dead bushes, and acacia leaves
Pink Ootheca - Hatches Blossom Mantis, found in pink petals, both variants of azalea leaves, and cherry leaves
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as mays_mantis-B.0.3-fabric-1.21.8.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 246 KB
- Download link checked 12 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.