Praying mantis at work
This praying mantis had been hanging out on this spider lily for a few days. I don’t know whether it was working hard there, but I did like how it mopped its brow in the photo to the right.
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Else it just remembered with a degree of horror something a preying mantis should not have forgotten!
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Also a possibility. I think this one might be about to lay eggs, judging from its behavior, but I have yet to see it doing so.
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Well the prospect of egg laying would be enough to warrant the brow wiping. Whatever the reason, it is an intriguing photo.
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I think it’s really just cleaning itself, but I liked the worried brow idea!
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Wow! Never been so close to a praying mantis to see him mopping his brow! 🙂
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One good thing about them is that they stay where they are unless you get too close. So a slow and careful approach gets me quite close to them if I want.
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