Honored that "Preying" has won Third Place in the 4/13/24 contest "Praying Mantis." Many thanks to contest administrator, Gary Eklund Mr Dodo b bird, and everyone who voted for my image. Congratulations to the other winners!
If you're cold, they're cold...bring 'em inside 🤣. Yesterday, I brought in a couple praying mantis that were struggling a bit with the temperature change. Not sure how long they have left, but they're both happily chowing down on crickets this morning. Last year, I had one in my classroom that made it all the way through December. #insects#prayingmantis#entomology#InsectsOfTheFediverse
Omg we have never had a praying mantis up here! I had only seen them in the Mediterranean. Much excitement. It is very animated in the hand. If you enlarge the last pic you can see cute white polkadots on its inside forelegs or whatever they are.
The best thing about #running just for fun, is I can stop and appreciate the beauty of my surroundings and take pics with my old iPhone that freezes and shuts off every hour on the hour. I’m not sure how long I’ll be in #NewMexico, maybe a few weeks, months, years, forever your guess is as good as mine. But in the mean time, I’m going to appreciate and enjoy its beauty.
This Praying Mantis appears to be knocking at our backdoor. But our garden with its myriad pests for it to snack on is in the opposite direction. Turn around, Mantis!
A #throwback from almost ten years ago now. This little mantis was posing one night, and I just happened to have my camera on me. A really patient little bug. https://flic.kr/p/2oNksG2