Now for some Natural History excitement. These two Chinese Mantises in
a blackberry patch were locked in a tug-of-war over an Annual Cicada that
the lower female had caught and the upper female was trying to steal.
The standoff lasted for at least half an hour after the photographer came on
the scene and ended when the female at the top of the photographs gave up
and fled. At the end, she was in danger of getting her massive front
leg nipped by the rightful owner of the cicada. Of course, the cicada lost either way.
