Praying Mantid

Oh Yeaks!! I don like em.. but great pic Skip!

Great photo Skippy..

Not a very friendly looking individual is she ? lol

These insects are so good for the garden and harmless to humans...I have a picture of my granddaughter when she was 3 watching one crawl all over her...her daddy was showing her how great they were to watch...

Never have seen a brown one before, that's cool! Looks very big too!

About 4 inches long, Wohli....probably a female based on the large abdomen..I had never seen one of the larger ones in any color but bright leaf green

excellent photo

Wildlife constantly astonishes me. Don't see anything like this in England though.

Beautiful photograph of a lovely creature, well done.

I add to the applause. Mine are green, if and whenever (rarely) we find them. They were much more numerous back East. I too have never seen a brown one before, but for for Camouflage reasons. it makes sense.

Do you suppose it had something to do with the time of the year? I don't usually see them this late in the year.

I love the picture, it is kind of creepy, but...
If I saw that I would go out of my mind!!!!!

Oh, but they are so gentle and fun to watch because they do a lot of rocking back and forth and they fold those front legs into a praying position most of the time.

I guess it's all about what you're use to.