Praying Mantis

Here is a praying mantis that I found in September of 2005. I used a tripod (set low to the ground) to catch this guy, and had to do a lot of moving around. I posted this image nearly a year ago, but have worked with it again and decided to repost it.
Now that summer is nearly over, I plan to start posting again more regularly. Here is the first of several photos I will post this August--during which time I plan to include a rather wide variety. Then, I plan to start posting LOTS of wildflower photos this fall as I return to the theme of Woodland Spring and begin preparing to build my own website.