Blending in

[Teegate]

They blend in well.

Guy

 

[oji]

I just read that the females will sometimes eat their mate during or after Lovey-Dovey.

 

[manumuskin]

I just read that the females will sometimes eat their mate during or after Lovey-Dovey.

And there is something wrong with this????

 

[lakesgirl]

Haven't seen a single mantis all summer. We usually have a couple out in the yard. I did find one of their cousins on the front of the house the other morning.
I remember years ago Praying Mantis were on the endangered list...are they still? Does any one know anything about "walking sticks"?

 

[bobpbx]

And there is something wrong with this????

Good one Al!

 

[manumuskin]

Good one Al!

 

[Pines Lover]

They blend in well.

Guy

They hide in my milkweed and eat my monarchs.

I have to check for plies of wings each day and relocate them

 

[turtle]

Not to upset any bird lovers....but a few years ago my friend asked why the preying mantis would always be perched on her screen next to the hummingbird feeder. This was her answer a few days later. I quickly made sure that my hummer feeders were elevated way above the hedges in the garden where I would see many mantis.

turtle

 

[manumuskin]

I never would have believed that Turtle if you hadn't photographed it.An insect taking down a bird,imagine that,it's supposed to be the other way around.
I had always knew that mantis could cut you with their claws but had never had one bite me.My wife swore they could bite and I laughed at her and told her they got her with their claws.A year or so later I picked a huge mantis out of a bush and was holding it to show to a guy I worked with when it twisted it's head and looked me straight in the eye,then bent down and took a chunk out of my index finger with it's mouth,I was dripping blood hollerin I can't believe this crap,momma was right.Hurt worse then most snake bites(pythons excepted).
Al