Hatchling Carolina Mantis wondering what I'm doing in its face. Here's hoping these little guys can bring the fight to the enemy bugs in our garden!
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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I clicked thinking the headline sounded like something written by a low-ambition mad scientist raising a mantid army to conquer the local insect ecology. Imagine my surprise when I was right!