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While the motor activity patterns are often stereotyped, the subsequent kinematics can be variable, many times in response to variation in prey stimulus (e.g., prey position). Patterns of feeding kinematics have been well studied among vertebrates, with less attention on invertebrate systems. The goal of this study was to examine the amount of stereotypy in the feeding strike kinematics of praying mantises. We filmed 8 juvenile ghost praying mantises (Phyllocrania paradox) at 1000 Hz, across several days within instar 7. We digitized several points that represent the movement of the coxa, trochanter-femur and tibia of the raptorial foreleg to obtain a set of kinematics including angles and angular velocities of the joint, as well as body lunge. Using the coefficient of variation, we found less stereotypy in the approach stage of the strike compared to the sweep. Using Bonferroni corrected Pearson's correlations of kinematics with prey position we found few traits related to prey position with the exception of some kinematics of the coxa joint and the amount of lunge used during the strike. 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