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Hey, how'd he get that awesome picture of a preying Mantis?

     I can’t take credit for this one. While my wife and I were working on fencing on a part of the farm where the brush is still pretty thick, my wife spotted this dainty young lady climbing on the back of my truck.  Luckily, she had her macro lens (my wife that is) and she captured the preying mantis on film.
BUT, that’s not the end of the story…

My wife and I continued working on fencing for several hours, until dark.  Despite being exhausted, we loaded up the Rover with the chainsaw, hammers, prybar and nails and we drove back up to the house through the brush.  The next morning, we went out to the Rover to head back to the worksite when we saw this equally unbelievable shot…
 
 

The preying mantis had moved, over night, from the left rear panel (climbing up the Land-Rover badge) to the right front wing and was delicately eating the Cicada seen here. YUM!!!


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