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European Praying Mantis | Mantis religiosa | 08-2022 | Ticino | Switzerland
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ABOUT THE PHOTO:
I originally titled the image above 'Pray, Love, Eat (Your Husband)' as a joking reference to a bestselling novel and to the name of the insect depicted in the photo as well as to the species' well-documented gruesome mating behavior. I changed it now, because I wanted to be sure nobody would take the title as a recommendation (let me be very clear: if you are in fact NOT a female praying mantis, please refrain from eating your husband - regardless how tempted you may be - I'm sure he will thank you later 😉).
To provide a bit of context how I got the shot, as most of you will be well aware, this past summer was rather hot in many parts of the world, and Ticino in Switzerland (where I take all my photos), was no exception. It was in fact exceptionally hot for a long period without any rain in sight, and so I found myself getting up every morning before sunrise to water the garden.
On one such occasion in late August I noticed the frantic movement of a rather large insect that was trying to get away from the splashing water drops. I immediately put the hose down and went to investigate. I could hardly believe my luck: it was a (in Switzerland very rare) European mantis, a species I hadn't seen in a long time in my garden (certainly not since my dear mother's ill-fated attempt to transform part of the garden into a "flowery meadow" - a sad anecdote you can read all about here IF you have the stomach for it: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/52177556047/in/datepo... )
The mantis had sought shelter from the water between the blooming phlox and was now resting completely motionless among the flower petals, and so I dropped everything and ran for my camera. Once I was back at the scene I realized to my horror that it was still far too dark to get a usable photo; I was sure my "rare prize" would fly away at any instant, but all I could do now was anxiously wait for the sun to come up.
Minute after agonizing minute went by (and Mrs Mantis made suspicious "I-think-I'm-going-to-leave-now" movements several times that had me hold my breath in utter terror), but finally my camera was satisfied with the available light, and once I had shot about 800 photos, I started to relax a little.
In the end, I couldn't have been happier; it had long been my hope that my little oasis of botanic chaos would attract this rare species, and that I even got to photograph it was a dream come true. And apparently I needn't have worried about it flying away; it was a female, and as I later read mantis ladies are in most cases too heavy to fly.
And they seem to be territorial (or at least this one was); to my delight, I would find Mrs Mantis either in the phlox plants or on the nearby hibiscus every day for the remainder of my holiday (here's a photo on the hibiscus: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... ), and so I got to photograph her plenty (suspiciouly there was never any sign of a Mr Mantis though...).
Anyway, many greetings and have a lovely weekend ahead everyone - and as always, let me know what you think in the comments 😊
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The Praying Mantis is one of the most loved of the insect world to humans and one of the most feared to other insects.
It is extremely beneficial to gardens and humans because of its penchant for eating the things that bug us. They will eat mites, aphids and most other insects that are within the grasp of their front legs.
The primary predators of the praying mantis are frogs, bats, monkeys, larger birds, spiders and snakes. Praying mantids will also prey on each other, usually during the nymph stage and during mating and when there is no other prey available.
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La cathédrale Sainte-Réparate de Nice est une cathédrale catholique édifiée dans le Vieux-Nice, dont le bâtiment actuel est construit entre 1650 et 1699, année de sa consécration. Elle est le siège du diocèse de Nice. Elle est située au 3, place Rossetti, à Nice, dans les Alpes-Maritimes.
I found this little guy on a shrub after a big thunderstorm the night before. Praying mantises are predatory insects named for the look of their folded forelegs, which are held close together as if praying. The name most commonly refers to Mantis religiosa, the European praying mantis—but it is also used for many of the other 2,500 mantis species in the world, which live on all continents except Antarctica.
This curious little critter was perched on top of a table on our terrace. The table is covered in a black waterproof cover at the moment. I've just now carried it very gently to a flowerbed in the garden as it didn't seem to be in any hurry to leave the table. Spookily, when I returned to the terrace there was another praying mantis on the floor, this time it was a green coloured one and had a bulging abdomen which indicated it had just enjoyed a nice insect meal or, perhaps, it was pregnant with eggs? I've read that this is the exact time for laying their eggs
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At the Shinto shrine Suitengū (水天宮). If you just translate the name it would mean water-sky-shrine, which doesn't make that much sense. But what does is if you take into account that Suiten is a name: the Japanese name of the Hindu god Varuna. Several Hindu gods and goddess came to Japan through Buddhism. With the 19th century official splitting of Buddhism and Shinto in Japan, Suiten was identified with the Japanese kami Amenominakanushi, and thus the worship of Suiten became a part of Shinto religion.
The shrine was founded by a daimyō of the Arima family in 1818 (in another spot, but when the family moved to Tokyo, the shrine came with them). The current shrine dates to 2016 - so the building was just 2 years old when I visited here in 2018. But the chief priest of the shrine is still a member of the Arima family (it's actually the 17th family head).
The shrine is dedicated to conception and safe childbirth, which makes it very popular (as can be seen by this lunch time rush). And it is very, very easy to find. You just have to get to the Suitengumae station ('mae' means 'in front of' - so the name of the station is literally 'in front of the Suiten shrine').
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis.
The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies (Mantispidae). Mantises are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species are found actively pursuing their prey. They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, then die. The eggs are protected by their hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation.
Mantises were considered to have supernatural powers by early civilizations, including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Assyria. A cultural trope popular in cartoons imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. Mantises are among the insects most commonly kept as pets.
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