Last years praying mantis

[BjornBee]

As requested, but very late, here is the praying mantis that caught and ate a hummingbird last year on my back porch.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x236/BjornBee/Sepl2006341.jpg

[Ann]

Oh my goodness - Bjorn, would you mind if I posted the link in a newsgroup I participate in (alt.binaries.pictures.gardens)? They're always posting hummingbird pix there - this one takes the cake!

[BjornBee]

Please feel free to Ann.

Untill I happened upon this, I would of never said it was possible. Just the day or two earlier I had commented to my wife that the mantis was probably after the occasional bee or fly that visited the feeder. It had been hanging about for a few days. Boy was I wrong!

[newbee 101]

I never would have believed it.....

[BULLSEYE BILL]

http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/

Five pages of pics, one month to fly the coop.

[balhanapi]

Those pics are so cool!! Thanks BULLSEYE BILL, for giving us a peek into the little world.:)

[MichaelW]

whoa..................tha...?

[Hobie]

Is that for real??!?

[Black Creek]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7PZlaxVnSp8

i love watching matids in my garden. i found this clip on youtube.com of one eating a mouse !

[Soilman]

awesome picture BjornBee