{"id":10161,"date":"2026-07-11T07:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=10161"},"modified":"2026-07-11T07:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:10:05","slug":"praying-mantis-2026-07-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/praying-mantis-2026-07-10.html","title":{"rendered":"Praying Mantis 2026-07-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nLarge as the span of a hand, an insect-eating insect.\r\n<p>\r\nThey&#8217;ll also eat anything else they can catch with their stereo vision, including frogs, lizards, and small birds.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Hand-span Mantis\" name=\"PM:Handspan-Mantis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-10--mantis\/20260710_173111.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-10--mantis\/20260710_173111.jpg\"  alt=\"[Hand-span Mantis]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-10--mantis\/20260710_173111.html\">Hand-span Mantis<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nGretchen likes mantises.\r\n<p>\r\nBlondie is paying no attention.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"A girl and her insect\" name=\"PM:A-girl-and-her-insect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-10--mantis\/20260710_173207.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-10--mantis\/20260710_173207.jpg\"  alt=\"[A girl and her insect]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-10--mantis\/20260710_173207.html\">A girl and her insect<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Mantis with Gretchen for scale\" name=\"PM:Mantis-with-Gretchen-for-scale\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-10--mantis\/20260710_173106.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-10--mantis\/20260710_173106.jpg\"  alt=\"[Mantis with Gretchen for scale]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2026-07-10--mantis\/20260710_173106.html\">Mantis with Gretchen for scale<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Large as the span of a hand, an insect-eating insect. 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