Praying Mantis #3

a praying mantis, Mantidae, from Kajiado, Kenya. Photo © by Michael Plagens

Observed at night in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya, Dec. 2014.

Bark mantises maintain a low profile on the substrate where they hunt for insects. Their patterns are brown, gray of greenish depending on the species and the preferred substrate.

Liturgusidae -- Praying Mantis Family

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Kenya Natural History

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