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Post by lisaann on Jun 27, 2020 19:29:16 GMT -5
Just a note to tell you, I'm thinking of you as I admire my little praying mantis friends in the garden this year.
Waving at you. ahntjudy
I have a lot of them, all about an inch at the moment, maybe a tad bigger, but not much. Soon they shall murder each other.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/p/praying-mantis/
What is the praying mantis?
The praying mantis is named for its prominent front legs, which are bent and held together at an angle that suggests the position of prayer.
Hunting adaptations
By any name, these fascinating insects are formidable predators. They have triangular heads poised on a long "neck," or elongated thorax. Mantids can turn their heads 180 degrees to scan their surroundings with two large compound eyes and three other simple eyes located between them.
Typically green or brown and well camouflaged on the plants among which they live, mantis lie in ambush or patiently stalk their quarry. They use their front legs to snare their prey with reflexes so quick that they are difficult to see with the naked eye. Their legs are further equipped with spikes for snaring prey and pinning it in place.
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Post by ahntjudy on Jun 28, 2020 12:28:54 GMT -5
Hiya lisaann... This thread was a pleasant surprise...And a happy summer to you! I was working out in the front yard the other day pulling up some spent stuff and came across a mantis, about an inch and a half or so... Held out my hand and he walked right on... We traveled to the back yard, had a conversation along the way, I held out my hand for him/her to go into the lavender which is in full bloom and brimming with 'dinners'... He/she walked up my arm a little bit, cocked it's head, looked over at me, then jumped onto a lavender flower... They are fun interactive insects...
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