Praying Mantis poses for my camera...

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Comment by Amy Noel on September 13, 2010 at 9:22am

Fantastic beings, mantis, not sure about politicians. way cool shot you got there mantis feast.

Comment by Joseph on September 10, 2010 at 8:13pm

"vulture like maybe. " Jude say they are no vultures, more like a politicians. They eat anything.
I shoot 300 plus frames from that Breakfest of Champions, from the moment the butterfly landed on the oleander 'till the very end where Mantis wipe her face. I thought at the time that it was fascinating, but upon reflection, I doubt I will ever put together this time-release feast.

Comment by Amy Noel on September 8, 2010 at 10:10pm

last night we had a "wayno-q" and while we were eating under a small lantern 'round a beautiful table watched a mantis catching tiny bugs and munching. then tonight me in tecopa, wayno reports a praying mantis by the gate a praying mantis catching a loctus and munching and sharing a hind leg with a spider. munch munch munch there went it's eyes and brain and crunch crunch crunch.... oh here spider i could eat it all -- but i can spare a leg. no problem -- of course the spider didn't want to get to close and get munch so it kept it's legs on it's own branch stretching out to munch it's leg. yum.....mantis action. vulture like maybe.

Comment by Joseph on September 4, 2010 at 5:35am

Breakfast Of Champions

Comment by Amy Noel on September 3, 2010 at 2:28am

I liked these quotes from this abstract…

http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en507/papers_1999...


…The physiology of the praying mantis is quite unique among insects. With a movable head, compound eyes, raptorial limbs that can regenerate when young, wings for flight, ears for hunting and evading predators, and mysterious cryptic behavior, the mantis is a highly evolved curiosity, to say the least…


The praying mantis derives its name from the Greek language, "mantis" meaning diviner or prophet. The name has also become interchangeable with "praying," due to its fierce predatory behavior. To complicate matters further, the mantis is also known as the mantid, for unknown reasons. They are also known informally as "soothsayers," "devil's horses," "mule killers," and "camel crickets" since their saliva was erroneously thought to poison farm livestock (Sargent 4).

The praying mantis has long been a popular figure in many different cultures, and the subject of rich mythology. In France people believed a praying mantis would point a lost child home. In Arab and Turkish cultures a mantis was thought to point toward Mecca, a site of considerable religious interest. In Africa they were thought to bring good luck to whomever they landed on, and could even restore life into the dead. Here in the U.S. they were thought to blind men and kill horses. Europeans believed they were highly reverent to god since they always seemed to be praying. And in China, nothing cured bedwetting better than roasted mantid eggs (Sargent 4).

Comment by Amy Noel on September 2, 2010 at 5:24pm

do tell.

Comment by Dale Rudzinski on September 2, 2010 at 10:22am

There was a praying mantis on my bedroom window last night. Are they trying to tell us something?

:)

Comment by Amy Noel on September 1, 2010 at 11:20pm

Hey there Brooke, thought you'd like these especially. ~a.xo