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Praying Mantis and Monarch Butterfly

Tenodera sinensis

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Description:

This Chinese Mantis was eating a Monarch Butterfly.

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KeithRoragen
Great image series. Every now and then I find a pile of butterfly wings beneath my butterfly bush. If I find the culprit, I move it somewhere else, but I've never actually caught one in the act.

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PublishedSeptember 29, 2011

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