This isn’t a great picture but I was competing with a 10-year old who was trying to get a better view of it while I was trying to get a photograph. Actually, she was trying to “help” me get a clear view and she was moving the leaves around. Of course, the mantis didn’t stay in one place very long and I was lucky to get two pictures, both reasonably sharp. This is a small mantis, about two inches long. Metamorphosis in mantises is called hemimetabolism. The larval stage looks basically like the adult, only smaller (and without wings). As they grow, they shed their exoskeleton a number of times.
Mantis religiosa (European or Praying Mantis)
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Sunday, July 21, 2013, Mantis religiosa (European or Praying Mantis)
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