"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: ‘What good is it?’”--Aldo Leopold



“No matter how intently one studies the hundred little dramas of the woods and meadows, one can never learn all the salient facts about any one of them”--Aldo Leopold

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Praying Mantis

Yet another gorgeous fall day in SC!  Tagged along to run Rainbow Bay just to have an excuse to get outside in the field.  Did get one marbled salamander, a couple more bullfrog juveniles, and some Anolis lizards running along the fence, but the highlight for me today was this gorgeous paying mantis.  Wasn’t at the drift fence--we stopped to take some plant cuttings (Baptesia, Sassafras, and a Vaccinium)--and saw this critter just hanging out.  It stayed put for me to take a lot of photos which I really appreciated. I think this time of year is when their mating season is so hopefully they’ll be out and about more often.
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