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Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:21 AM Jun 2015

Look who I met while pulling weeds....

It's a tiny little thing for a praying mantis, only about an inch long.

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Look who I met while pulling weeds.... (Original Post) Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 OP

You have a good eye, my dear Spitfire! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #1

I added a second picture.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #2

I like that one too! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2015 #4

We need food Earthling. BlueJazz Jun 2015 #3

He'll get it. We don't spray.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #5

They ARE very unusual-looking creatures. I've always been quite fond of them. BlueJazz Jun 2015 #7

Good gardener libodem Jun 2015 #10

Baby everythings look cute :) arcane1 Jun 2015 #6

Except flies..... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2015 #8

I love their faces libodem Jun 2015 #9

He's kinda cute, looks a little like E.T., LOL Rhiannon12866 Jun 2015 #11

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,838 posts)

1. You have a good eye, my dear Spitfire!

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:30 AM

Jun 2015

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

2. I added a second picture....

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:33 AM

Jun 2015

It's not super crisp but shows him in all his glory.

I should have put a coin in the picture for scale. He's about the size of a quarter.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,838 posts)

4. I like that one too!

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:38 AM

Jun 2015

They look so much bigger in the pictures than they really are.

Nicely done!

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

3. We need food Earthling.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:35 AM

Jun 2015

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

5. He'll get it. We don't spray....

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:40 AM

Jun 2015

That's why I was out there pulling weeds in 100+ degree heat.

Our bird bath is very popular too.

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

7. They ARE very unusual-looking creatures. I've always been quite fond of them.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:43 AM

Jun 2015

libodem

(19,288 posts)

10. Good gardener

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:56 AM

Jun 2015

I pull, too.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

6. Baby everythings look cute :)

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:40 AM

Jun 2015

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

8. Except flies.....

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:51 AM

Jun 2015

A bouncing baby maggot ain't cute.

libodem

(19,288 posts)

9. I love their faces

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:55 AM

Jun 2015

They look like little aliens.

Rhiannon12866

(206,944 posts)

11. He's kinda cute, looks a little like E.T., LOL

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 03:37 AM

Jun 2015

Terrific pix! Glad he didn't get lost lost in the weed pulling...

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