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Grow A Garden Praying Mantis Guide – How to Get, Traits & Value

Learn how to get the Mythical Praying Mantis in Grow A Garden. Discover its traits, passive effects, appearance, trading value, and how it boosts crop variant chances.

Praying Mantis Grow A Garden

The Praying Mantis is a Mythical pet in Grow A Garden, introduced in the Animal Update on May 3, 2025. It improves crop variant chances, making it valuable for players chasing Gold and Rainbow mutations.

  • Tier: Mythical
  • Hunger Bar: 55,000
  • Added: May 3, 2025 (Animal Update)

How to Get a Praying Mantis in Grow a Garden

The Praying Mantis is a Mythical pet in Grow a Garden. You can only get it from the Bug Egg, where it has a 4% hatch chance. This makes it one of the rarest pets in the game.

How to Get a Bug Egg

  • Buy it in the Pet Eggs shop for 8,000,000 Sheckles
  • Or purchase it in the Pet Eggs shop for 119 Robux

What Does a Praying Mantis Do in Grow a Garden?

  • Every 80 seconds, the Praying Mantis begins praying for 10.3 seconds.
  • During this time, crops within 10.3 studs gain a 1.51x higher chance of becoming a Gold or Rainbow variant.

Praying Mantis Value and Demand

  • Trading Value: Estimated at 2.5Q sheckles
  • Player Demand: 3/10
  • Price Stability: Stable

The Praying Mantis is a farming-focused pet that boosts variant outcomes rather than direct growth speed.

Praying Mantis Appearance

The Praying Mantis has a distinct insect look:

  • 4 small green legs and 2 large green claws
  • Black square eyes
  • Big dark green mouth
  • 2 antennas with glowing neon dots

This trait affects crops that are actively growing, not fully grown ones.

Quick Takeaway: The Praying Mantis is a supportive Mythical pet best used during crop growth stages to increase variant chances. While demand is low, its farming utility makes it a steady-value pet for serious growers.