Praying Mantis consumes grasshopper.
After I posted my photo of a praying mantis in my back yard, Boing Boing reader The Black Sickle shared this terrific HD video he shot (with a Nikon D90) of a mantis eating a grasshopper. (Click the HQ button in the YouTube player for high quality.)
Share this post
Read more Delightful Creatures
Mark Frauenfelder
My latest book, Made by Hand, now in paperback. Follow me on Twitter.
Where not otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States and other countries.