Mantis Bath Time

August 19th. I found another Chinese Mantis and, after photographing it…

‘the normal way,’ I placed it on the wall of the house. You know how cats often groom themselves after you’ve handled them. Well, this mantis did the same thing.

First, it wiped an antenna, then…

It cleaned one of its front legs, and then…

It hooked its hind leg with one of its front legs to clean it. 

Then back to the hunt.

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