Mantis Mealtime

Hedge Grasshopper,  Valanga irregularis
Brown Praying Mantis, Archimantis latistyla

Observed whilst pruning native raspberries last Friday morning.The mantis ate the grasshopper’s thorax and abdomen but left the gut intact…nice to see biological control in action.

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