Friday, August 29, 2014

Let Us Prey

The Praying Mantises that were so tiny in May are now almost full-grown. This one was hanging out in the sunflowers to catch unsuspecting bugs. They grab their prey with their powerful forelegs and eat them up.

We had a lot of egg cases this year and I saw dozens of small mantises every day in May, but they have lots of enemies and only a few survive.

--Bernice

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