Praying Mantis

[chevyontheriver]

Biggest praying mantis I have ever seen. Not likely to survive the winter. I felt sorry for this apex predator that spent her days eating up all of those bugs.

 

[Nettle]

They're wonderful creatures, I've never seen one up close!
I also like stick insects, but they are even more difficult to sight

 

[chevyontheriver]

They're wonderful creatures, I've never seen one up close!
I also like stick insects, but they are even more difficult to sight

I saw only one walking stick out in the woods fifty years ago. But I could have walked by many more and never known. Excellent camouflage.

 

[*LILAC]

Our dog and cat like to fight with them in the summer months.

 

[peaceful-forest]

I encountered a praying mantis one of the times I was sitting outside this past summer...or maybe it was last year's summer?

Anyway, I felt like it meant something.

 

[DragonFox91]

I've only seen a couple ever outside. I wish I'd run into more! Do you run into them a lot, OP?
Spiders, ants, & bees are most common here

 

[chevyontheriver]

I've only seen a couple ever outside. I wish I'd run into more! Do you run into them a lot, OP?
Spiders, ants, & bees are most common here

I ran into two different ones. The one inhabited our Morning Glory outside the back door. I saw it many times.

But it's winter now.