a dark praying mantis is waiting for its prey to appear on a blooming sunflower
Praying mantis on sunflower

Praying mantis

Upside down praying mantis blends in with the green leaves.
A praying mantis blends in with the green leaves. They like to hang upside down.

A dark praying mantis on peachy colored pansies.
A dark praying mantis on peachy colored pansies comes up from hiding when being showered.
This video shows how a praying mantis gets close to its prey by mimicking leaves swaying in the wind.
Upside down green praying mantis eating a butterfly.
Upside down praying mantis just caught a butterfly. They like to hang underneath flowers visited by pollinators.
Green praying mantis eating a butterfly.
Green praying mantis eating a butterfly.
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Véronique De Jaegher
Véronique De Jaegher

Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, I lived 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been living in Sierra County, NM for the last 20 years. I have been taking photographs for 40 years as a way of sharing my point of view. Beauty surrounds us, we just need to pay attention. I believe in the power of images as they say “One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”. ”Local” is very important because we can engage in a more personnel way whether reading the news or buying food. That’s why I was sorry to see the Sierra County Sun go and want to support the Sierra County Citizen by being on the board of the Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project and posting local images.

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