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A Twisting Tangle | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis Tiny hunters break the silk bonds<br /> tethering them to the past, their birth<br /> a twisting tangle of legs and hunger.<br /> <br /> Wild Light Post: <a href="http://www.bugdreams.com/archives/twisting-tangle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bugdreams.com/archives/twisting-tangle/</a> Chinese Mantis,Dictyoptera,Mantidae,Tenodera aridifolia sinensis,Tenodera sinensis,birth,entomology,garden,insect,invertebrate,mantid,mantis,nature,nymph,praying mantis,wildlife Click/tap to enlarge

A Twisting Tangle | Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

Tiny hunters break the silk bonds
tethering them to the past, their birth
a twisting tangle of legs and hunger.

Wild Light Post: http://www.bugdreams.com/archives/twisting-tangle/

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    Joost Thissen
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    Wow! I didn't expect this one to be a 'Lieder' picture because it is lighter and sharper then I am used to. I like it! Also makes me wonder how you find scenes like these, Posted 13 years ago
  2. View Rick Lieder's profile
    Rick Lieder
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    Thanks Joost. I wait for these mantids every spring. Posted 13 years ago
  3. View Ludo Sak's profile
    Ludo Sak
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    Rick, wow, these are in your garden again? Great shot, on the thumbnail it almost looked like grains poring on a flower. Posted 13 years ago

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The Chinese mantis

The Chinese mantis is a species of praying mantis native to China and other parts of Asia and islands of islands off of mainland Asia.

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Similar species: Mantises
Species identified by Rick Lieder
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By Rick Lieder

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Uploaded Jun 28, 2012.
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