Mantids – the Good, the Bad and the Just Plain Wrong – On View at Insect Film Fest

February 2, 2006
Champaign - Entomology professor May Berenbaum, founder of the Insect Fear Film Festival at UIUC, is focusing on praying mantids at this year's festival on Feb. 18.

Dispelling misinformation about insects is what the Insect Fear Film Festival, which Berenbaum began in 1984, is all about. “The festival this year will be a good opportunity to explode the many, many mantid myths that Hollywood has exploited for sensationalistic purposes,” Berenbaum said. “People can come to see the true mantis in all its glory.”