Bedtime Prayers

I have been searching for one of these guys! It is a warm fall eve tonight and so the front door was opened for a cool fresh breeze and suddenly I noticed something on the stair railing...I knew right off by the silhouette what it was and I ran for my camera! So HAPPY!!! Sorry, you don't get the sunrise that I was going to post.
This one is brown because it is dry right now...when it is wet, they are green.

[Tiara]

those guys scare me, lol! Really love your title with this

[Simon]

Great shot Vicki

[Livia]

He looks like he's posing for you, and being very serious about it! A fabulous capture, Vicki!

[Lisa]

Great capture! I haven't seen one in years!

[Ann Stenson]

Oh my Vicki!.....What an incredible capture! Fav : )

[Dione Giorgio]

Wow, this is a cool pose! Wonderful find and capture.

[John]

Wow cool, how lucky one comes to visit you.

[Gerry]

Great capture Vicki :-)

[Netkonnexion]

Very cool capture.

[KWind]

Wow...well captured.

[Kerri]

Awesome! I like the title too

[Michelle]

That is so great! I like your title, too. It's so fitting.

[Yvonne]

Fantastic capture. LOVE THE TITLE. A fav for me.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Love it Vicki!!

[Junan Heath]

Delightful capture! Perfect pose! :D

[Chris Johnson]

So cool! Love his little eyes and praying hands!

[ladyjane]

Awesome capture! I didn't know they changed colour according to the weather. A big fave for me.

[Princess Fairlane]

wow! Awesome capture of this beautiful praying mantis! I've never seen a white one. fav!

[Thom Mitchell]

They're "uniquely-built" creatures, aren't they! Great capture, Vicki! Even better magnified and you were fortunate to get a nicely-neutral background, too!!

[Catherine W.]

How exciting!!! Love this especially with the plain background...really makes the praying mantis stand out! Fav!

[bkb in the city]

What a great find Vicki

[Maria Paola]

wonderful!

[Cindy Rez]

great shot of your little friend!!!!!

[Sharon]

Wonderful find - he looks like such a character. The eyes are huge!!

[Taephy]

haha...wonder what it prayed for...

[Julie Ryan]

lol cute!

[Linda Lorraine]

WOnderful capture of this - love his pose!!

[Pam]

Fantastic!! Awesome capture!

[michelle mcintyre]

Hehe - it does look like he is praying!!

[Bill Ososki]

Super shot! In my experience, the brown ones are usually female and not too far from expiring. First time I heard the wet theory.

[Vicki Dixon]

@ososki I looked it up on Google and Wikipedia and read a few articles. They all said that it was camo...brown when dry, wet is green...but a couple had pictures of green ones that were female...so I really am not positive. It did say that it was not true about the female biting off the male's head after mating. They now believe that it is only because of stress due to the observers that were studying their habits.

[Vicki Dixon]

@ladyjane I didn't know that until I looked it up to answer a question my friend asked about why the one she shot in another state was green and mine was brown..still not sure... except it does seem valid since we have been really dry all of August and Sept.