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1. Thanks for posting this. These pictures and the creatures in them are

Sat Aug 15, 2020, 11:05 AM

Aug 2020

AWESOME! I wish I knew how she got them to open their wings like that. Perhaps it's a defensive posture, trying to look big?

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30 Amusing Pics Of Mantises [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2020 OP

Thanks for posting this. These pictures and the creatures in them are flamin lib Aug 2020 #1

Just made the last one my wallpaper. Cool. Hoyt Aug 2020 #2

Gosh. Stunning. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #3

So cool! UpInArms Aug 2020 #4

Fabulous photos! Alliepoo Aug 2020 #5

One of the most horrifying things! catchnrelease Aug 2020 #8

Nature is not kind at all csziggy Aug 2020 #10

Wow, smart snakes! catchnrelease Aug 2020 #11

Snakes have their roles csziggy Aug 2020 #12

I'm watching one of my cats right now Alliepoo Aug 2020 #13

It can be so frustrating! catchnrelease Aug 2020 #14

Wow. I didn't know the Mantis has such an exotic variety! Martin Eden Aug 2020 #6

Check out the Orchid Mantis ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #7

I like the mike pence eyeballs on the first one. KS Toronado Aug 2020 #9