Kamacuras (Kaiju)

Kamacuras (カマキラス Kamakirasu) is a praying mantis kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in the 1967 Godzilla seriesfilm, Son of Godzilla.

The result of native giant praying mantises being mutated by United Nations weather-controlling experiments on Solgell Island, three Kamacuras unearthed Minilla's egg and forced the infant to hatch prematurely, attracting the attention of Godzilla. Godzilla killed two of the Kamacuras, while the surviving one continued to stalk the island's human inhabitants. Eventually, the last Kamacuras was captured and killed by an even more deadly predator, the giant spider Kumonga. The Kamacuras reappeared in All Monsters Attack, where they inhabited Monster Island within the dreams of Ichiro Miki. Kamacuras' next appearance would come 35 years later in Godzilla: Final Wars, where a single individual was under the control of the Xiliens and sent to attack Paris. Kamacuras would later battle Godzilla in Kanto, Japan, only to be easily defeated. Kamacuras also exists in the world of the GODZILLA anime trilogy, in which he was the first kaiju to menace humanity, attacking New York in 1999.