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Yesterday's uninvited guest

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 10 Oct 20

there are certain times of the year when praying mantises visit me, but I've never charted when those times are. I can get very close to them (a few inches) and they won't move. They'll just watch me with their swivelly heads. If...

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Praying Mantis on Hummingbird Feeder

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 16 Sep 20

Was out snapping photos of the bluebirds and saw this praying mantis hanging out on the hummingbird feeder. Try to sneak up on a praying mantis, and you may be surprised when it looks over its shoulder at you. No other insect can...

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The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 1 Oct 17

My young friend's sharp eyes caught an unexpected visitor in the grass the other day. We both found it strange that the mantis had chosen to be a leaf, rather then the grass. She was there for a couple of days, and we were always...

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What visitor is this?

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 6 Sep 17

At first I thought it was my yearly praying mantis. It just sits there on the wall, like the mantis. When I saw how fat it is, I thought it was a pregnant female. But when I talked to it, I noticed its head did not swivel, and...

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Strange looking Mantis

rebelann1949 @rebelann (117199) • El Paso, Texas 11 Aug 17

Mom gave me a Nikon EM 35mm camera in 1981 and boy did I go bonkers taking pictures. I became a menace and then when no one wanted me to photograph them I gave up trying to shoot people. This shot was taken in the late 1980s, I...

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Green visited

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 8 Jul 16

Yesterday as the kids I babysit leave my house I pointed out a praying mantis sitting on my front door. My husband quickly got out a little fish tank we have and put her in it for a few seconds for the kids to look at her. This...

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What draws you to a Kung Fu school?

shaunckennedy @shaunckennedy (55) • United States 17 Jan 10

I teach a combination of Shaolin and Praying Mantis Kung Fu in St. Helens Oregon. I'm trying to find out what people look for in a Kung Fu school, in particular what people look for when looking to sign up their kids.

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