Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
You know how much I love nature and animals and I cannot believe that it took me so long to finally meet my very first praying mantis living in the wild and I cannot believe even more where it actually happened :) I mean after all those years that I have spent in the tropical and subtropical regions around the world where this fascinating insect commonly occurs, I actually got to meet my first wild praying mantis in my mum´s garden here in the Czech Republic! I didn´t know that the mantises could live here at all, let alone now in the cold autumnal weather!
One of the most iconic and extraordinary insects on Earth, the praying mantises are known for many interesting things such as their ability to turn their heads a full 180 degrees, their highly efficient hunting methods, their specific dance like moves or, most famously, the so called sexual cannibalism (the females sometimes eat the males after mating).
The praying mantis is such a fascinating creature and I was really excited to finally see one in the wild. Here are some pictures of the mantis that I took ;)
I´m pretty sure it was a female as it was a pretty big specimen, measuring some 7 or 8 cm (females are much bigger than males) and it struck this cool pose in my sister´s hand for the camera (yeah, it´s actually my sister´s hand, not mine, which is why the mantis appears to be ever bigger than it really was, my sister has little hands :D)
So yeah, that was my very first encounter with this beautiful animal. After the photo shooting, we put it back on the tree where I found it of course ;)
How about you guys? Do the praying mantises live in your countries too? Have you seen them in the wild? Let me know in the comment section below!
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