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I was pulling some vining weeds away from the sedum and got quite a surprise (Original Post) Siwsan Aug 2022 OP
Neat critters! They do eat those pesky bugs that seem to infest every garden, and plus, I like SWBTATTReg Aug 2022 #1
Hope it didn't bite your head off! MyOwnPeace Aug 2022 #2
Great picture! Rebl2 Aug 2022 #3
They look prehistoric and they are voracious. BarbD Aug 2022 #4
Amazing nature. Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #5
Love them!! Karadeniz Aug 2022 #6
A mantis? calimary Aug 2022 #7
A praying mantis? LudwigPastorius Aug 2022 #8
That looks like a Chinese mantis BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #9
I thought it was going to be a snake before I opened it Farmer-Rick Aug 2022 #10
Hey, whataya doing?! That was my house! paleotn Aug 2022 #11

SWBTATTReg

(24,011 posts)
1. Neat critters! They do eat those pesky bugs that seem to infest every garden, and plus, I like
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 06:04 PM
Aug 2022

watching them. They are fascinating to watch.

MyOwnPeace

(17,273 posts)
2. Hope it didn't bite your head off!
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 06:17 PM
Aug 2022

(Oh, wait - I'm getting confused as to what they do when - and to whom......)

BumRushDaShow

(141,345 posts)
9. That looks like a Chinese mantis
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 08:02 PM
Aug 2022

which can be huge and have even stalked and captured hummingbirds! I had one a couple years ago hanging around the feeder and I had to periodically go out and make sure it was moved elsewhere.

Farmer-Rick

(11,223 posts)
10. I thought it was going to be a snake before I opened it
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 08:48 PM
Aug 2022

I got surprised by a snake in my chicken coop the other day. I've got snakes on the brain.

paleotn

(19,062 posts)
11. Hey, whataya doing?! That was my house!
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 08:49 PM
Aug 2022

At least that's the look they seem to have when I run into them in the garden.

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