praying mantis – Herman van Bon Photography

Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis saved from drowning

Playing with insects 4: Praying Mantis (6 pictures)

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Praying for rain in 3 different modes

(Praying Mantis, or as people in South Africa call it: ‘God of the Hottentots’)

The dams feeding Cape Town need approx. 1 meter rain for they are full again.

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The head of a Praying Mantis

(Slightly cropped macro)

Mantra of a ‘Hottentots God’ (praying mantis)

Mantra of a Mantis:
"Eat or be eaten!"