It is that aspect of our personality which perhaps preys on the other parts and will not take its place within our overall integration.
2- In dreams, we often translate a quality or a situation we are struggling with into an object.
To be aware of the mantis may indicate that on some level we are aware of trickery around us.
3- The dreamer should look carefully at the appearance of a mantis as it represents deviousness, particularly of an emotional kind.