Preying Mantis

OH said Sue come and take your friend outside...:)))
What a brave soldier he was...I held the camera...

Never seen a wild one before! Where do you live?

so class!

Sorry folks didn't realise this posted twice...
Hi Lulu...I live in France...but we also had them on the I.O.W. too when we lived there...and these are quite young too...:)))

Amazing creatures, what do they eat (apart from their husbands apparently!)

All insects Lulu....and they're partial to a Wasp or Bee if they can catch them....

amazing! They are rather glamorous!

In a strange sort of way I think they are...I have got a pic of one that's really huge...
taken in our last garden, I'll see if I can find at some stage....

Wow beauty! looks huge!!!!!!! :)

It's only a youngun PixI'm sure they get darker as they grow...

wow !!!!!!!!!1 ewwwwwwwww lol haha i wud run out ....

Thanks Meadowland....just having a change for the Summer...
Cristina...they are a bit scary to look at...lol...

omg they are lol

lol Cristina...

Still looking for the Bigger one...:)))

EEEEKKK, I would have to join Christina and run out!!

lol Constance :))) they do look a bit scary...

Hahahahaha.... he's a beauty! They always remind me of Jurassic Park...looks like an insect version of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

It's true Lori...these and Chickens have that prehistoric look...

Birdzilla! ;-/ lol...

:))))