Posted on 10/13/2024 7:01:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
We found this amazing praying mantis on our front porch today. This is in the Silicon Valley, CA area near Palo Alto and Mountain View. I've never seen a yellow praying mantis before, always green. The mantis is good at camouflage and it's interesting this yellow guy is on our doormat of about the same color. We moved him off the doormat several times today, but he always goes back to the door mat. At first, we thought it was a leaf on the doormat, but realized it was a praying mantis.
All the gold
In California
Is in a bank
In the middle of Beverly Hills
In some praying mantis’s name ...
Lol…great old-time horror!
Actually saw two of them mating, but didn't see the aftermath (I think the male made it out of there unharmed).
The praying mantis just loves to eat Hummingbirds, I’ve killed two that were sitting on my HB feeder waiting for the little guys.
I had a huge brown mantis on my hummingbird feeder this summer, and have found lots of smaller green ones
Spotted a green mantis as well as a walking stick in my strawberry container during the summer.
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