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Posted: 9/20/2020 12:28:12 PM EDT

Posted: 9/20/2020 12:43:21 PM EDT

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They are cool. Love seeing them.

Posted: 9/21/2020 10:14:04 AM EDT

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Beautiful insect and quite beneficial.

Nice pics as well.

Posted: 9/21/2020 10:30:31 AM EDT

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Found this one late fall last year, in the spring I found three different egg sacks on different trees.

I had never seen one with so much wings.

Any info from others would be great.

Posted: 9/21/2020 10:37:02 AM EDT

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Another hiding mantis.

Posted: 10/9/2020 12:45:54 AM EDT

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Had one on my trash can the other day.

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Posted: 10/9/2020 5:46:03 PM EDT

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Great shot!
What type of lighting did you use to make it so beautiful?

Posted: 10/9/2020 10:13:32 PM EDT

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It was just natural light I think the reflection from the yellow lid helped out.

Posted: 10/9/2020 10:43:55 PM EDT

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I’ve seen them grow to 18 inches ,

No crap !!

Posted: 10/13/2020 6:04:29 PM EDT

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This gal has been hanging around the front garden. Hard to get a decent shot in the wind. Looks like it still hasn’t laid eggs yet so I’m hoping I can find the spot it does and make sure it doesn’t get discarded when I cut the bushes down for the year.

I’ve got some photos of a Devil’s Flower Mantis along with another rather large one from when I was in Africa, just need to find them.

Posted: 10/13/2020 6:15:20 PM EDT

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We have had a female and a male at our house this fall

the female was aggressively walking right at me

the male was hanging out on our car
and i moved him to a bush

Posted: 11/25/2020 8:36:42 PM EDT

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My little contribution: preying mantis on the hummingbird feeder waiting to catch a hummingbird.

Cell phone camera...

Posted: 11/25/2020 9:02:33 PM EDT

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Now that would be cool to see.

Posted: 11/26/2020 11:27:59 AM EDT

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Good pics! I wish mine turned out that nicely. OTOH, I tend to do landscapes, barn & houses rather than wildlife.

Posted: 11/30/2020 11:47:12 AM EDT

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My little contribution: preying mantis on the hummingbird feeder waiting to catch a hummingbird.
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/464777/20200917_093809-1701648.jpg
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Now that would be cool to see.

I presumed the mantis was trying to feed from the feeder. Then all the bird watchers jumped in and warned me that it would eat the hummingbirds (which I found hard to believe). But a very small hummingbird came up to the feeder, and the mantis moved to a strike pose, while the hummingbird tried to stay at the opposite side of the feeder. So I accept that the mantis might be a danger to the hummingbird.
Not wishing harm for either, I got the broom and gently shoeed the mantis off. It came right back, so I did the same, but continued annoying it until it was outside the fence. The funny thing was it was in a stance as though it would try to attack me, too.
I never perceived the preying mantis as being sentient enough to interact like that before.

Posted: 1/24/2021 7:11:44 PM EDT

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