Praying mantis

[1StreamerJunkie]

Really big one hunting on our porch after dark a couple weeks ago. This is the only kind I’ve ever seen. The one with the huge butt is super interesting.

 

[Nymph-wristed]

One of my fishing buds is a sweet guy but not that smart. He called me over to see the praying mantis that landed on his reel. Still some cool pics even if he's no entomologist. No, we did not catch the crick chub on a stick bug, but we could have used some help that morning 😉

 

[jifigz]

I left about an acre or maybe 1.5 acres just turn into sort of a wild meadow, and this year (this is the first year I've allowed it to go all wild) it is overflowing with mantises.

 

[foxfire]

I see many more PM’s now than I ever did growing up in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s.

 

[AndyP]

is it the same for everyone else that I only really start to see them in late summer and more so in late September ?

 

[Bamboozle]

Yes, it's that sex thing...

 

[McSneek]

I feel like they are pretty common especially at this time of year. They like to hang out in my spirea bushes. This little one was on my driveway yesterday. Has the bulbous abdomen.

 

[wildtrout2]

I feel like they are pretty common especially at this time of year. They like to hang out in my spirea bushes. This little one was on my driveway yesterday. Has the bulbous abdomen. View attachment 1641254126

It appears this one could use prosthetic legs. 🤔

 

[Solitariolupo]

Here’s one of the eggs I hatched.