Treebeard: Large female European Mantis (Mantis religiosa, Mantidae, Mantodea) on California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum, Polygonaceae)
Treebeard: European Mantis (Mantis religiosa, Mantidae, Mantodea) on California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum, Polygonaceae)
Treebeard: Praying Mantis (Mantodea) on Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum, Dipsacacea) in the Oregon woods
Treebeard: Praying Mantis (Mantodea) making a move on a Gray Hairstreak butterfly in the Oregon woods
Treebeard: Praying Mantis (Mantodea) with Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) butterfly prey in the Oregon woods
Treebeard: Praying Mantis (Mantodea) with another butterfly for prey in the Oregon woods
Treebeard: A different Praying Mantis (Mantodea) in California Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia, Asteraceae) - at home
Treebeard: Praying Mantis (Mantodea) on my path
Treebeard: Crab Spider and a Grasshopper on Sawtooth Goldenbush
Treebeard: Mantid on Sawtooth Goldenbush
Treebeard: Mantid on Golden Yarrow
Treebeard: Rear end of a Mantid on Bush Monkeyflower
Treebeard: Mantid's exuviae -- the shed skin after a molt
Treebeard: Mantid on tangled stems of Deerweed
Treebeard: Mantid on tangled stems of Deerweed
Treebeard: Close shot of a Mantid on Deerweed
Treebeard: Rear end of a Mantid on Deerweed
Treebeard: Another brown Mantid on Coyote Bush
Treebeard: A green Mantid on tangled stems of Deerweed
Treebeard: Another brown Mantid on Coyote Bush
Treebeard: A brown Mantid on shrub of Coyote Bush
Treebeard: Another brown Mantid on Coyote Bush
Treebeard: Another shot of a brown Mantid on Coyote Bush
Treebeard: Brown Mantid on Coyote Bush