A second later, she managed to chase the wasp away. The days are dwindling down to a precious few for these mantises. Between now and the first frost, the females will create their egg cases and all the mantises will die.
--Bernice
Sunday, September 20, 2015
The Uninvited Guest
Lurking in a flowerbed, this Praying Mantis captured a big bumblebee in attack from below.
Here she firmly grips the hapless bumblebee in her powerful forelegs (click to enlarge image).
Just as she starts gnawing on a bee leg, a wasp shows up to join in the meal.
She starts back, as if to say, "Waiter, there's a wasp in my bumblebee!"
A second later, she managed to chase the wasp away. The days are dwindling down to a precious few for these mantises. Between now and the first frost, the females will create their egg cases and all the mantises will die.
--Bernice
A second later, she managed to chase the wasp away. The days are dwindling down to a precious few for these mantises. Between now and the first frost, the females will create their egg cases and all the mantises will die.
--Bernice
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Are these your photos? Wow! How did you manage to capture this? Just by chance? Have you been watching the mantis for a while?
ReplyDeleteI have been watching mantises in my back yard for several years and have documented many of their life stages. Part of it is chance, so I try to have a camera on hand while gardening. Check out this one:
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