This orchid has at least 7 camouflaged predators on it

Protip: Be sure to feed your mantids well before sticking them all so close together, or they will try to eat each other.

(Is sad that it has been decades since I have seen a live mantis. I used to love catching them, feeding them flies until they were’nt hungry anymore, then releasing them. It’s been a long time since my lifestyle included enough time hanging around out of doors that I had a chance to find any).

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