Hummingbird & preying mantis: Guess who came to dinner?
By Gary Bogue
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 8:03 am in hummingbirds, Preying mantis.
Preying mantis and hummingbird at feeder. Photo by Robin van der Bijl, Clayton, CA
Hi Gary:
I looked out the kitchen window this morning and saw this praying mantis. I went out to take a closer look and saw he was chomping on a bee. I went in to get the camera and the little hummingbird joined him about the same time. Aren’t they cute?
Robin van der Bijl, Clayton, CA.
Hi Robin:
They are cute … but the hummingbird is probably wise to stay on the other side of the feeder. I saw another photo once upon a time where a very large preying mantis was eating a very small hummingbird. It’s a jungle out there! /Gary
Preying mantis eating bee. Photo by Robin van der Bijl, Clayton, CA
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November 2nd, 2010 at 9:41 am
November 2, 2010
Gary, where do hummers go in winter? – since last 10 days 3 regular visitors in my patio have disappered… my feeder is waiting for them and so are we…
for the reference, i have posted a picture of 2 hummers sipping from the feeder…
Paresh Kurani (PK)
fremont, CA