Dear Randy,

Nice shots of opportunistic action in Nature.

Wow! Those are great shots!

Kate

Great photography there Randy... I like those critters.

CP

Thanks for the nice comments. Mantids are probably my favorite insect, right up there with honey bees that have all their working parts going about doing what honey bees do.
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randy

Rjj1...What is that teensy little guy there near your finger/thumb? I haven't ever seen one that small. All the ones we have are of the whole-finger size!

Kate

Kate

I've not seen anything like that one before. Mantids look just like adults when they hatch from the egg case. It doesn't look anything like the Chinese or Carolina mantis. I might post a photo on the insect forum and see what name pops up.

randy

Fantastic photos!

Alex

The little 'mantid' is an insect unrelated to mantids; it is a Mantispid, a relative of the green lacewing. Does a fine job of looking like a true mantid, though. Yale

Thanks for the id!

randy