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Saw this little green thing scooting across the patio, no idea what it was.

Tried to get it on a leaf so I could get it close to my reading-glassed eyes. Instead it crawled on a little aluminum can I use for the bag of birdseed.

I was dumbfounded, had never seen a baby mantis before so had to share!

Sorry the one pic is upside down, at least the important one isn't.

I even rotated it in gallery and reuploaded it, and still upside down. I'm technologically-challenged and I give up. 🙄

Saw this little green thing scooting across the patio, no idea what it was. Tried to get it on a leaf so I could get it close to my reading-glassed eyes. Instead it crawled on a little aluminum can I use for the bag of birdseed. I was dumbfounded, had never seen a baby mantis before so had to share! Sorry the one pic is upside down, at least the important one isn't. I even rotated it in gallery and reuploaded it, and still upside down. I'm technologically-challenged and I give up. 🙄

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They are cool bugs

[–] • 1 pt

They sure are. I rescued one that was hanging out on my car in a parking lot.

I scooped it up, hoping it wouldn't bite me, and put it way in the surrounding greenery as far as I could.

As far as picking things up with your bare hands, I have a dinnerplate sized snapping turtle story I could tell you!😄