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A young, four inch mantis on one of my pepper plants. I've been watching this insect for over a week as it moves around the yard, and the right forelimb was fine a few days ago. I can't imagine what's in my backyard that could do that kind of damage, except maybe another mantis that I haven't seen yet. Taken with a Canon 6D, 100mm macro lens and ring flash.