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Grey Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens) in its immature green phase, near Marker 26, Kula Highway (#31), Kahikinui, south Maui.
A grass hopper preparing to do his vanishing act. Hana Maui Botanical Garden, east Maui.
A lime-green grasshopper obligingly posing for the camera on a vine, found in the foliage growing on a lava flow, Kahikinui District, south Maui.
A very immature Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera), a species commonly seen on Maui, hunting ants on the leaf of a Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica), lower Pulehu Road, south Maui. This little fellow tolerated my camera lens intruding on his hunting foray, but she kept her compound eyes rolled back on her head to watch for hostile moves on my part. She was aware of me but seemed in no hurry to run off.
A very immature Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera), a species commonly seen on Maui, hunting ants on the leaf of a Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica), lower Pulehu Road, south Maui.
A very immature Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera), a species commonly seen on Maui, hunting ants on the leaf of a Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica), lower Pulehu Road, south Maui.
A very immature Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera), a species commonly seen on Maui, hunting ants on the leaf of a Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica), lower Pulehu Road, south Maui. Gardeners consider mantises to be desirable insects, as they prey upon many harmful insect species. However, mantises prey on neutral and beneficial insects as well, indiscriminately eating anything they can capture and devour. Mantises are very visual creatures and notice disturbances in their immediate vicinity. This one was visibly bothered by the intrusive lens of my camera; his facial "expression" seems to imply a question like "WTF?"
A Garden Spider (Argiope appensa), ventral view, found on the periphery of the rain forest near the Hana Airport, east Maui. Females reach a body length (including legs) of 7 cm with distinctive black and yellow coloration; the brown males are only about 2 cm. This large nonpoisonous spider can be identified by the construction of its web. It is the only spider that makes a zigzag line or a cross of zigzag white web material in its web.
A Garden Spider (Argiope appensa) suspended in her nearly invisible web, Kihei, south Maui. This close-up clearly shows the long sensory hairs that coat her legs and pedipalps (external mouthparts).
A very immature Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera), a species commonly seen on Maui, hunting ants on the leaf of a Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica), lower Pulehu Road, south Maui. Gardeners consider mantises to be desirable insects, as they prey upon many harmful insect species. However, mantises prey on neutral and beneficial insects as well, indiscriminately eating anything they can capture and devour. Mantises are very visual creatures and notice disturbances in their immediate vicinity. This one was visibly bothered by the intrusive lens of my camera; his facial "expression" seems to imply a question like "WTF?"
A very immature Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera), a species commonly seen on Maui, hunting ants on the leaf of a Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica), lower Pulehu Road, south Maui. Gardeners consider mantises to be desirable insects, as they prey upon many harmful insect species. However, mantises prey on neutral and beneficial insects as well, indiscriminately eating anything they can capture and devour. Mantises are very visual creatures and notice disturbances in their immediate vicinity. This one was visibly bothered by the intrusive lens of my camera; his facial "expression" seems to imply a question like "WTF?"
A very immature Giant Asian Mantis (Hierodula patellifera), a species commonly seen on Maui, hunting ants on the leaf of a Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica), lower Pulehu Road, south Maui. Gardeners consider mantises to be desirable insects, as they prey upon many harmful insect species. However, mantises prey on neutral and beneficial insects as well, indiscriminately eating anything they can capture and devour. Mantises are very visual creatures and notice disturbances in their immediate vicinity. This one was visibly bothered by the intrusive lens of my camera; his facial "expression" seems to imply a question like "WTF?"
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Keywords: mantis praying mantis mantodea giant asian mantis hierodula patellifera
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