Can a praying mantis catch a monarch? Yes, it can. And yes, it does. It was Sept. 14, 2013. As I approached a Vacaville supermarket, I noticed pink lantana blooming furiously near the entrance, and then, a familiar-looking butterfly quietly sipping nectar. "Ah, there's a monarch," I observed. I wasn't the only one watching the monarch. A female praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, was watching it, too. In a nano-second, it was all over. A meal for the mantis. One less monarch to...
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