Wow, it is a beautiful orchid!
Wrong, this is a female orchid praying mantis, with its incredible facade to attract prey. With its pink or white petal-like legs, females are totally amazing to look at. Males on the other hand are greenish brown and about half the size, not as impressive as their other-halves.
Watch the praying mantis in action; they are beautiful but deadly.
Beautiful, but dangerous.
5 Praying Mantis Species
Look at that dead leaf!
No, it is Phyllocrania paradoxa, also named Ghost Mantis. The ghost mantis is hard to recognize.
The stick mantis in defense pose.
Mantis religiosa, the European Mantis. The most commonly known species of mantis.
The underside of the leaf mantis.
Choeradodis rhombicollis, or the Peruvian Shield Mantis. It looks just like a leaf.
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