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While at the Calendar Garden yesterday, Pam (the gardener) and I were looking at a cone flower that she had recently planted, and when she spotted this praying mantis. Man did we ever get excited of this find, lots, and lots of shots were taken between the two of us. We actually saw him enjoy two meals, this bee, and a yellow jacket. We think this was a male, we actually spotted another one on a fence at the gardens that had a bigger belly, and was even larger, which would be a female trait. The females make a meal of the male after mating.

I used the canon 40D with the canon 70-300 IS USM lens with the camera set in AV mode.

I have not seen one of these fascinating insects for a few years, and never have I seen one eating, so Pam, and I were both enjoying this super photo opt. He did not seem to care less that we were in his face.

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