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Drew | September 1, 2008
Photo-A-Day #1242
Apparently I am disturbing this Praying Mantis as it hangs upside down on the flowers. When we returned home from the Cape and I was taking in some of the stuff from the car I noticed something strange in the flowers and it was a huge Praying Mantis! I found some praying mantises(?) around out house in 2005 when we were doing some yard work at the house. They are really interesting to watch and to photograph. Here is a shot of the whole Praying Mantis.
I hope that everyone has a great Labor Day, it is back to work tomorrow! Only 4 days left till a 2 week vacation that will include trips to the Miami Metro Zoo, Palm Beach Zoo, IZEAFest 2008 and Blog World Expo!
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September 1st, 2008 at 7:24 pm
ummmm…..AND A VISIT WITH MEEEEEE!!!!
:) JK…travel safe!!
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September 1st, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Preying Mantis’ are so rad! I love letting one walk around my hand and arm. Although I did find out once that they do bite! Feels like a snakebite pinch, just really teeny.
I can’t wait to hear about your trips and whatnot this next two weeks, My impatience is thanking your blogging habits. (blogging as you go) lol
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September 1st, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Amazingly beautiful pictures. So charming and natural.
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September 1st, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Okay, that first one is just creepy. Bugs with faces are just plain creepy!
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September 1st, 2008 at 10:52 pm
WONDERFUL APPROACH!
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:45 am
Though that insect looks bad but it is not harmful. The most interesting part of it is the movement.
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 am
Drew, amazing photo! Unbelivable detail.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 am
Mo,
Well yes there is that, how could I have forgotten to mention that we would be hanging out with you for a few days and that you would be watching Eva for us. Don’t worry I’ll mention it plenty as things go along.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:30 am
Chica,
The insect is protected, at least in MA so we can’t touch them. I was taught that from very very young. I did use a stick back in 2005 to transfer them from the pickup bed to an arborvitaes. I did notice the wicked little mouth and I bet it would pinch pretty good. Keep an eye on the GING blog of mine for the utterz updates about the trips.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:30 am
Thanks Tony. I was lucky that the mantis stuck around for a while.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:37 am
Jules,
I can understand that, however I think it is very cool. So we should work out a plan to meet up when I am in Vegas so we can go photowalking. I arrive in Vegas on the 19th at 4:00pm. Want to hit up In and Out Burger with the family and go photo shooting on the strip or somewhere else, I’m game for wherever?
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:47 am
Rachel,
Thanks for the comment, no need to leave a keyword as your name, as I noticed. I use comment luv and I usually remove any comments that use a keyword rather than a name. However I visited your blog first and liked what you had up and figured that you really wanted to leave a comment here so I changed the name and kept the comment. I appreciate that you stopped by.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:48 am
Steve,
Ah your comments were straight up spam even copying from my comment policy however your second comment was worthwhile so I kept it and of course changed your keywords.
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 am
Dad,
Thanks, do you think this might be one of the ones from 2005 that grew from very tiny to this monster? There was also a dead one so I figure this may be a female that recently mated.
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 am
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September 4th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Although I’m afraid of Praying Mantises(?? Mantae??) mostly because of the movie Nine Months, this is a very beautiful photo. It is “sumbit it” to a stock photo place gorgeous.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:53 am
Nine Months? The one with Hugh Grant? Wasn’t that a comedy. I don’t remember a praying mantis. But I figure that from the synopsis that he must have had a daydream/nightmare to that effect. I might submit it to a stock site. I haven’t done much with those yet.