Death…

The mantid I "saved" on the patio yesterday. Apparently her time was coming.

Species page at BugGuide, https://bugguide.net/node/view/4821

1 year ago (“It’s been a wet summer…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2016-09-18
2 years ago (“Learning to ‘cope cut’ a joint”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-09-18
3 years ago (“Damselfly”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-09-18
4 years ago (“My first ‘?’”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-09-18
5 years ago (“‘Chlorochlamys phyllinaria’ (Geometridae)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-09-18
6 years ago (“‘Finally!’ — my first Monarch butterfly”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-09-18

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[Kathryn]

I wonder what got her?

[Thom Mitchell]

Don't know, but I think she'd already performed her biological function of propagating the species…

[Rachel]

The end of her life cycle perhaps.

[Jane Anderson]

On her last leg . . .