Have you seen any of these guys close up?

Yes. It’s a praying mantis and they are lovely. My sister had one as a pet when we were kids. It used to sit on the side of her plate and help her eat her dinner

I remember working at this one food store and one of us found a praying mantis while it was getting close to winter and without hesitation we all dropped everything we were doing and some of us went out to catch it and the rest of us made a makeshift habitat for it in the store where it wouldn’t escape but would be warm

Yup, a Praying Mantis was hanging off my hummingbird feeder. It was eating a fly coming in for sugar water. I left it alone. Everything had its place in the world.

Lots of them, I was a very bug oriented kid and mantids are the coolest of insects.

Rather vicious little devils with a unique way of enforcing spousal fidelity...

Several. I blew ones head off when I was a kid. Idk why I thought that would be funny, but I realized my mistake when the body continued what it was doing. It makes you rethink things a bit

He's really cool.

Yes! Such personality. Their awareness of "YOU" is both fascinating and unnerving.

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I had one chase my finger as prey, once.

I hope I don`t come back as a male of that species. I really don`t want to BE dinner after mating. 😲🤭

a praying mantis? yes they seem extremely friendly and very curious

Yes. I was always intrigued by how they look people right in the eye, so aware of everything.

I did see a male and female going at it on a hummingbird feeder about a week ago

They bite the heads off the male after sex.

Yes, they look like space aliens!!!

Yes

No, but recently i was treated to a close up view of a grasshopper.

He knows a gorgeous woman when he sees one

I found out that the women of their species eat the heads and kill their male mantis's when they mate. But I see you've already made that discovery- way ahead of me.

I had one sitting on the door of my garage until last week. Then, I found a lizard *in* the garage, and the mantis was gone.

I have! In my state, we have our very own species of mantises called the Arizona mantis. Yus.

Yes, but not recently. From the time I first saw a praying mantis as a child, I've been fascinated by how strangely beautiful and cool they are.

Yep. I’ve seen a few of those over the years.

I live in Australia.. I see the best big bad super crawlies in the world.. 😁 A pretty little mantis you have there..

Yes I grew up playing with them in my folks garden in SA, they’re super smart little creatures 🦋

I had one fly in my window the other day. 😱

Yes they get on me when I’m in the back yard .

Yes. I love them. They're so cool

Are they poisonous to humans?

The brown ones are the females.

It can't help but notice how stunning you are 🤭.

I had one in a little bug habitat as a kid but had to let it go 😞

I caught and held one before lol

Yes😆. Scared the shit out of me

I just about fell out of my chair

I love praying mantis's .... cool bugs. 😁

and thought " i can take her!"

That is a female

Yes ..praying mantis ...so cool looking

I've never met one

A few times

I love them

Mantis are cute!❤️
A form martial-Arts has been derived by observing them. I am not referring Kung-Fu Panda at all. It's true that Kung-Fu does have 'Preying Mantis' fight moves.🙂

Scary😮

Big boy

Yah they're so cool

Yes. I used to pick them up back in the days.

I have. Them guys are super strong.

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Neat!

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