Sunday, October 03, 2010

Garden Standoff






Praying Mantis foreground..... Grasshopper background.


The Mystic Spires Salvia is the hot bed of activity these days. This morning a mantis and grasshopper poised themselves on opposite stalks. Since grasshoppers are largely herbivores, we thought the worst of the praying mantis. When we came back from breakfast, the mantis was still perched while there was no sign of the hopper. Hopefully he realized there were safer breakfasts' nearby.

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