A praying mantis is on my flowering sage, trying to eat the hummingbirds that are coming to feed on the nectar.
Sorry, little lady. I think they're a little too big for you.
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My sister informs me that mantises can and do sometimes catch hummingbirds.
@MLE_online I'm sure glad they're small.
There was a 1960s short sci-fi story about everyone dying except two people, who were wandering around happily exploring the now empty world and grabbing all the stuff they'd always wanted and they found a, I think museum? and went in and heard something else moving in the building and then noticed that all the statues were missing their heads and had been replaced by praying mantis heads, and whatever was in the building was getting closer...
@smellsofbikes @MLE_online I once was in my kitchen and found a mantis in my hair. 😬 It would have bitten my head off and eaten me if I were smaller.
@ai6yr @smellsofbikes I was once in the shower and found a figeater beetle caught in my hair. that was startling
She gets points for courage and audacity