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Published: 2009-06-20 07:47:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1164; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 22
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Mr. Mantis, where'd the other half go?*gulp*
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Oh she was. That was at least her 2nd yellow jacket of the day.
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WOW!
Did she do any sort of behavior to protect herself from being stung?
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Nope. At one point the stinger was up against her, but I'm guessing the exo-skeleton acts as armor enough for that. Just before this pic was taken she was eating the stinger whole.
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Oh wow! Thanks for the info.
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WOW! How did you get this shot? eating an insect too! cool!
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It was a tag team effort. I perched the mantis on my hand, then hovered him in front of some yellow jackets who were zipping around our juice at a picnic. He caught it, I held him up and my friend snapped the pic.
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Would you say it was more skill, or luck, or both to get this shot? My girlfriend recently got a great shot of a brown mantis with green eyes! he was climbing up a sunflower, and I was holding other sunflowers out of the way, and at the right moment he looked at her, and I told her "he's looking right at you", and she got the shot! Her name on here is PhotoNutz46. The photo I'm talking about is at this [link] Again, a great shot!
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It's my favorite animal by quite a margin.
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