🦗 With folded arms that remind many of hands in prayer, praying mantises are deadly predators for insects and small vertebrates. 🦗 In this clip recently captured at Irvine Ranch Historic Park, a native Arizona mantis can be seen grooming its tarsi, a specialized appendage used for walking and balance. 🦗 The tarsi have sticky pads and two claws at the end which help the mantis climb on vertical surfaces and hang upside down for extended periods of time while hunting. Grooming and keeping them

Did you know? Large praying mantises can ambush hummingbirds at feeders. They wait on nearby stems or the feeder itself and strike when a bird hovers. Keep feeders a little away from dense plants, trim webs near ports, and use smooth hangers so there’s nowhere to hide. Tiny guests, safer stops. #EveTechTales #fblifestyle #hummingbird #hummingbirds #birdfacts #didyouknow ¿Lo sabías? Las mantis grandes pueden emboscar colibríes en los bebederos. Se esconden en ramas cercanas o en el propio bebeder