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Yes, it is a giant water bug. They creep me out. Every now and then one would appear in our pool at our old house. I've never been bitten by one, but I understand that it can be quite painful.
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Foreplay On A Flag

I was watering some flowers yesterday when I detected some movement out of the corner of my eye. I ran in the house to get my camera, and quickly emailed the shot to the best bug guru I know - our very own Brenda! She gave me quite the lesson in praying mantis mating 101.....and together we came up with the title of this photo! I'm hoping she'll jump in and give you all (who don't already know) the same little lesson.....[schild=random,1,000000,C0C0C0]Take it away, Brenda![/schild]
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:rotfl: ...and wiping the tears from my eyes...Yes, the smaller male is "getting her in the mood." I told Kelly that she may well have caught his last moments of existence, since the larger females commonly devour their mate after the act, and sometimes they don't even wait until he's done!
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The title? I thought there was a title Brenda came up with? :D
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The title - Yep---it's right under the photo - but I just BOLDED it and made the font HUGE so you won't miss it this time! ;)
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hehehe that's better. :lol:
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Reason: I decided that this might not be appropriate for the "faint of heart."
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