Praying mantis

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Praying mantis

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This lil fella was waaay to friendly, he kept jumping on my camera lens. He kept chasing my camera and jumping on the lens every time I tried to get a pic :lol: Got a pic of his rear end, VERY CLOSE UP ! LOL. I learned something new, I didn't know these guys could jump so well!

Here are a few of him while he was resting, the second picture was right before he jump and landed on the camera.
Oh he has water drops because I didn't see him until I started watering some roses I transplanted yesterday.
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OOOps got that last pic a big large!

Here is his rear end pic :lol:
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We take pics of insects too my youngest GD loves her bugs!! I just started having pics put on cd's (a little slow here :roll: )
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Post by LucyGoose »

Excellent picture's Annie!! I love the first one and that close up!! Too cool!!

Thanks for sharing!!! :D
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Wow, Annie! :o
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Post by Tundra_Queen »

Interesting bug,,, but I think if it jumped at me I would scream and run. :lol:


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Post by PeggyC »

:o Wow Annie... great pictures, especially the close-up of this face! :P
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Terrific Pictures

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Really shows it off well. HaVEN'T SEEN ANY THIS SUMMER.

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Post by Linda P »

Wow, Annie. Very cool pics! I love that closeup of his face. I have a lot of them here, and even had a baby one that got in the house a couple of months ago.
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Post by Old earth dog »

My all time fav "bug".
Not only can they jump, but they can fly also. :eek:
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