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This is friend and foe of Gardeners
Clockwise from top left: a mating pair, The hardened foamy egg mass that will overwinter and release dozens of young Mantis next Summer, a Mantis capturing a black Butterfly, a Humming Bird watching a mating pair, a Mantis with its meal, a closeup of the thorny forearms designed for catching and holding prey. The Praying Mantis is an opportunist. It doesn't care if its victim is a Butterfly, Spider, Grasshopper, Wasp, Honey Bee, or Humming Bird. Yes, they've been reported to kill Humming Birds.
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