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Sep 24, 2011 15:44 |  #1

Taken out in the garden this morning, a praying mantis eating a Pigeon Horntail wasp.


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Oct 10, 2011 07:41 |  #2

Nice capture.


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Oct 10, 2011 09:32 |  #3

I'm really happy that we don't have that kind of predators our size, that is some awesome camouflage really took a while to figure out where the body was... Great capture...




  
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Oct 10, 2011 12:43 |  #4

I am confused as to where the body is, great camouflage.

Cool shot.


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Oct 10, 2011 15:13 |  #5

cool shot....


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Oct 11, 2011 01:05 |  #6

Good captures by all
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Oct 11, 2011 10:59 |  #7

Wow, I thought mantes will lose to hornets (saw many videos of it)
Good picture, and good job mantis!


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