I was back and forth past this little guy for about an hour today. Little bugger stood out like a sore thumb, being dark brown against the green shade cloth. He was about 5cm in length and wings are very small, so Im willing to guess he has a few more molts to go before its fully grown. The thing I find most fascinating about Praying Mantis at present is their eyes. Their two compound eyes on top of their head allow them have binocular vision. This is the kind of vision that humans have, both eyes focus on a single object giving a slightly different angle of the object. The brain puts the two images together which allows for excellent depth perception. So this makes Praying Mantis excellent hunters.
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