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Tag: ever alert

Oh that’s sneaky

February 26, 2021 Al Denelsbeck

So as I said last year, I was endeavoring to photograph a Chinese mantis creating an egg sac, or ootheca, and never managed it. Actually, in all my years of chasing hexapods, I’ve done it just once – one lousy frame. Last fall, I had a likely candidate read more

Categories: Nature, PhotographyTags: Carolina mantis, Chinese mantis, egg sac, ever alert, ootheca, Stagmomantis carolina, Tenodera sinensis

February 26, 2021 Al Denelsbeck

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