praying mantis cleaning after a meal

Scroll trough to get to the good parts. Sorry for the slow parts & shaky camera work. I'm new to this, and haven't figured out how to edit my videos yet.

This mantis just finished eating a bee, and now she is cleaning the sweet, delicious bee juice from her forearms. See my 2 previous posts for the prelude to this moment & more info.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Preying
• mantis
• insect
• bee
• eating
• grooming

[Kahsquatch]

She's not a pet - I found her living in my back yard this summer. I live in New England, where winter kills off our insects every year. So, she was probably born last spring. (I filmed this in September.)I'm happy to have her in my garden for natural pest control. But, I wish she'd leave the bees alone - they have enough challenges as it is.

[kreeddem]

How old is your mantis? I have the same type of breed!