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The World of Praying Mantids: A Question Posed, A Question Answered

Mating pair of Stagmomantis limbata, a common mantis in Vacaville, Calif. The male did not lose his head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Last summer you may have happened upon praying mantids mating. Hopefully, the male didn't lose his...

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Posted on Friday, November 17, 2017 at 4:40 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Andrew Pfeifer (2), Bohart Museum of Entomology (1), Lohitashwa Garikipati (1), mega mantids (1), Plistospilota guineensis ootheca (1), Stagmomantis limbata (4)

Find the Praying Mantids in the Milkweed

Early morning silhouette: Find the two praying mantids. There's a female and a male clinging to the milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's 6 a.m. Do you know where your praying mantids are? Well, yes. Two of them. Just before dawn...

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Posted on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 5:05 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: female praying mantis (1), honeybee (1), lose head (1), male praying mantis (1), milkwed (1), praying mantis (2), Stagmomantis limbata (4)

Pardon Me, Is This My Best Side?

The setting sun backlights the European praying mantis, Mantis religiosa, perched on a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

She's easy to find. A European praying mantis, Mantis religiosa, hangs out in our...

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Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 4:16 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Andrew Pfeiffer (1), California mantids (1), European praying mantis (1), Mantis religiosa (1), Passiflora (1), passionflower vine (1), Stagmomantis limbata (4)

Let Us Prey!

A praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata (as identified by Andrew Pfeifer) clings to a showy milkweed leaf as she dines on a longhorn bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Everybody eats in the pollinator garden. Everybody. The pollinators in our garden in Vacaville,...

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Posted on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 4:53 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Andrew Pfeifer (2), longhorn bee (1), Melissodes agilis (1), praying mantis (2), Stagmomantis limbata (4)

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