Rose-colored praying mantis, sitting on a rose, waiting
By Gary Bogue
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 at 6:33 am in Preying mantis.
Praying mantis sitting on a rose, waiting for dinner. Photo by Jo Ann Sendldorfer, Fremont, CA
You want camouflage? Check out this praying mantis sitting on a rose … just waiting for a bee or some other insect to stop by for lunch. HIS lunch.
If these guys were a foot long or bigger, we humans wouldn’t be able to leave our houses safely unless we were wearing suits of armor. Fearsome! /Gary
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December 2nd, 2011 at 8:33 am
Great photo, Jo Ann! That is one pregnant mama soon to nest. It was really neat to see the *many* young’uns hatching, and hanging on to each other in our trees, rose bushes in Maryland. Out here I’m lucky if I see an occasional mantis. I absolutely love them!
December 6th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
That’s a beautiful rose, does anyone know what kind it is?
December 28th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
Gary,
I spotted 2 wild pigs just behind the houses above Treeview and Fairway streets in Hayward just before Thanksgiving. This was a first. I often see wild turkeys and deer in the same area.