A Praying Mantis perched on the edge of a Morning Glory bloom
A slightly different angle with the 100mm Macro lens.
August 8, 2022
Praying Mantis on Morning Glory
Tag Archives: Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis on Cone Flower
Another Praying Mantis in the back yard, this time on a festive Cone Flower.
He was busy looking around the blossom.
July 18, 2022
Praying Mantis, Green Variety
I spotted another Praying Mantis in the back yard, this one was green and matched the Sweet Gum leaves he was perched on.
Peek-a-boo!
Something was happening, or had happened, inside the folded together leaves. I’ve no idea if the Praying Mantis was in pursuit of what was in there, or just passing by.
July 15, 2022
Great Blue Skimmer, Praying Mantis Photobomber
I was looking for the Praying Mantis and got distracted by a Great Blue Skimmer, not realizing that the Mantis was so close by.
He is on the same dried hibiscus stem as my recent post.
The pair from another angle.
July 15, 2022
Praying Mantis
This Praying Mantis has been perched on a dried hibiscus stem for days in my back yard.
He spends a lot of his time upside down…
…at least from my perspective.
July 14, 2022
Praying Mantis
This Praying Mantis has been hanging out in the corner of our back yard. The first time I spotted him he disappeared while I retrieved my camera.
A few days later I got another chance when I found him nicely posed on a newly opened Hyacinth Bean flower.
He was about half the size of others I have seen, less than 2 inches (5 cm).
October 7, 2021
Praying Mantis
I was trimming back some annuals on my patio when I spotted a Praying Mantis. He looked so much like a stick almost pulled him off as a dead leaf.
I went back a couple hours later and he was still there, and had moved just to turn upside right. I’m not sure what that is on his front leg … insect poop or an even smaller bug?
Praying Mantis are known for eating pest insects so I was happy to have him. We have been inundated with lovebugs (Plecia nearctica) the last few weeks, which seem to have no enemy, and even with one dangling in front of him the Mantis took a pass.
He was very slow moving, and most of the time I watched him he only swung his head around a bit and moved his front legs.
Taken September 19, 2019. As of this morning the Mantis is still there, just a few inches from where seen here.