Guardian Of The Green Peppers
Countless praying mantis have made their home on this property, and it is a welcomed sight. They are constantly hard at work clearing my crops of pesky insects that would otherwise require sprays to rid.
There must be thousands of these mantis around on just this piece of land.
Everyday I see one or two about my daily work. This one I happened to spot while I was inspecting my containers.. so I figured to snap a candid shot of him.
I must have frightened the bugger, as I got close to him, for he stopped moving entirely and simply appeared to inspect my phone right back. Great smile buddy. Keep eating those lantern flies, too.
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What a beauty! I am finding lots of them around the garden too - the best visitors we could hope to have! :)
So many of these green goblins!
We bought a couple egg sacs for preying mantis and our aphid problem dwindled. It helps that my mom has a plant nursery next door so even the mantis get an extended season with lots of flowers!
they must follow the food..
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