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'Double-Spined Murder Clamps' at the Ready
So here's this tiny praying mantis hovering over a spider's web in the bluebeard (Caryopteris clandonensis) in our pollinator garden. In the web are freshly caught prey, including a honey bee. Now the praying mantis is known for snatching and devouring live prey--but this one appeared to be...
A young praying mantis keeps looking down at a spider's web in the bluebeard blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
If you've ever been puzzled by all those anatomical parts of a praying mantis, no worries. Macro photographer and life-long entomology enthusiast Darren McNabb of Darren's Bugs has figured it all out. (Meme used with permission)