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praying mantis - Thesprotia graminis
Copyright © 2008 Janet Pope

praying mantis - Thesprotia graminis
mobile, mobile County, Alabama, USA
August 22, 2008
A little mantis I found, again on my tomato plant. All sorts of things just on my porch!!
Dripped some water on the leaf and it crawled right down an grabbed a sip.

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Contributed by Janet Pope on 16 September, 2008 - 2:38pm
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 7:12pm

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