This morning I was drinking my coffee when I peered outside and saw a
huge praying mantis on Trent's house. Naturally, I had to get pictures. Even from looking at the bug from across the driveway, I could see it was damn huge!
As I approached the insect, I got a bit...scared. I mean, I've seen praying mantises before, but none were as big as this one. I would estimate she was the length of my hand! Plus...she had wings. Insect wings freak me out to the n
th degree. But I persevered.
I approached the praying mantis and got a few good pictures. I then tried to coax her into my hand, but I guess I annoyed her because she flew away. She flew away
over my head! That scared the shit out of me. I mean, I closed my eyes and protected my head with my hands. I'll bet I looked really silly (over)reacting like I did over a harmless, albeit huge, insect.
The few pictures I managed to take came out sufficiently well.
I'm still wishing I could have coaxed her into my hand because I think those pictures would have been awesome. Oh well.
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