Praying mantis patience and persistence pays off
I spotted this beautiful predator (Stagmomantis libata) among my tomato plants today. I haven't seen a brown Praying Mantis in years and this fellow contrasted nicely with the green foliage under the bright AZ sun..
Over the course of several minutes he slowly made his way along the vegitation.
The next thing I notice is that it has captured a bright green grasshopper hidden among the leaves. Amazing eyesight or the mantis to have spotted and then snared the grasshopper in those spiked arms.
One less garden pest to worry about. Nice to see Mother Nature doing some "natural" pest control. Hopeully this beauty will hang around as there's plenty o grasshoppers for it to hunt.
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What an amazing blessing to get to find such nature and experience life in action.
Nature is both cruel and beautiful
I miss seeing them around our garden. We used to get babies each year, but they've been absent the last few years. I did finally see a gecko the other day again and I thought we'd lost them too.
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