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Carolina mantis

Stagmomantis carolina

Photo by KarenL
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Description:

Carolina mantis eating sachem butterfly (Atalopedes campestris)

Habitat:

Garden

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Comments (27)

It certainly is Dan - & spotted exactly a year ago yesterday! Coincidentally, I spotted my first adult mantis of the year yesterday, which I will post shortly.
The one that started it all! Great series Karen! Now I know there is more than one spotting with a mantis eating a butterfly.
Thank you Carol! Who can believe that was less than a year ago!
Thank you Antonio! This is still one of my favorites especially as it was the spotting that led me to Project Noah!
i have the same wish as Goody i'am seiing my friends first's spottings, to remember the begining :) you began very well :)congratulations your spotting page is awesome Karen
Yep, it all began with this little guy! I posted him on Facebook & got some horrified comments from some of my friends & then stumbled upon the Project Noah site the same day - the rest as they say is history!
I wanted to go way back in your album and see where it all began. ;-)
Thank you Viv & md! This was my first ever spotting on Project Noah but still one of my favorites!
You're welcome! :) keep up good work!
Thank you so much for all your kind comments Achmmad!
Great capture! And also love all of your spotting. :) Thanks for sharing ...
Yes it took about 20 minutes to consume this lunch - it was fascinating to watch though the sound effects were a little gruesome!
Heavy lunch .. nice capture !!!
Action shots are the best. Well done.
Thanks Harsha! We have a lot of mantids round here & I regularly find them with the remnants of a meal but this time I was lucky enough to witness the 'kill' & it hung around long enough for me to grab my camera & get a few shots.
Carolina...here is your namesake. haha..nice spotting by the way. Never saw a mantis feeding before.

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