Posts Tagged: praying mantis
Ooh, an Ooth! And on a Clothespin, at That!
No doubt you've seen a praying mantis egg case, or ootheca, on a tree, shrub, fence or...
An eggcase or ootheca warming on a clothespin in Vacaville, Calif. This is from a Stagmomantis limbata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This image of a gravid Stagmomantis limbata, taken last summer in a Vacaville pollinator garden, may have been the mama. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The predator and the prey. A female mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, eyes a honey bee in a pollinator garden in Vacaville last summer. She missed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hey There, Pumpkin! Prey Tell, Is That a Praying Mantis?
Hey there, pumpkin! Prey tell, is that a praying mantis stalking a bee? Well, if your name is...
A praying mantis "shopping for bees" on a sunflower, became the subject of one of Allan Jones' carved pumpkins. (Photo by Allan Jones)
The mantis-and-bee image that Allan Jones captured became a fanciful pumpkin. (Photo by Allan Jones)
Images of a luna moth, Actias luna, found a home on one of Allan Jones' pumpkins. (Photo by Allan Jones)
Allan Jones depicted the colorful Western tiger swallowtails, Papilio rutulus, on this pumpkin. (Photo by Allan Jones)
Find the Praying Mantis! (Hint, She's Big!)
Find the praying mantis. That's not too difficult, considering this Stagmomantis limbata is gravid...
Find the praying mantis! This is a female gravid Stagmomantis limbata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In this 2018 image, a praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, deposits her egg case in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Tale of a Quail and a Mantis
It would never happen in real life. A quail and a praying mantis together? Except when one is a...
Praying mantis meets quail. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
“Well, hello there!” (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
“Pardon me while I groom myself.” (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
“We are one.” (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Where's Walda?
You've probably read the children's book, "Where's Waldo?" Waldo wanders around the world, gets...
"Walda" snares a bee, probably a leafcutter bee, in a patch of milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bad day for a bee, good day for a hungry praying mantis named Walda. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Walda, the praying mantis, finishes her meal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The meal is over for Walda, the praying mantis, and it's time to groom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)