Jasper found a praying mantis in the backyard!! He was standing on the back step looking into the window well. So, curious, I looked to see what might have caught his attention.
It was a huge, brown praying mantis, stuck in a spider web!!
Used a stick to retrieve the mantis, placed him/her on the zinnias. Took a bunch of photos. Later I moved him/her in the north back bed, just east of the cucumber trellis where I don't harvest anything and there's probably a nice diversity of critters.
I've only ever seen a praying mantis once before (while walking dogs in west greenbelt). So neat!
Hopefully I won't accidentally kill the mantis while moving about in the yard, harvesting, and putting things away...
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