Lunchtime for a Praying Mantis

Today while watering the garden with their classmates,  two observant second graders from Mr. Bacsik's class ran upstairs and excitedly led me outside to videotape a Praying Mantis enjoying his lunch in our colorful butterfly bush.  At first our insect friend was too shy to continue eating in front of an audience, so he engaged us in a stare down.  But after walking away for a moment, he returned to task, and below is the video I captured.

Join us on Friday for another Garden Work day to see if you can spy another creature enjoying our beautiful garden!

Mrs. Kontos