Mantis Tug-of-War #3
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 Mantis Tug-0f-War #3

2004 Photograph, Two Female Chinese Mantises (Tenodera aridifolia) in a tug-of-war over an Annual Cicada, Huntley Meadows, Alexandria, Virginia © 2005.

The mantis at top is trying to steal the cicada from the mantis at bottom.  The lower mantis has gradually pulled the cicada down to her.

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Species information from eNature.com:  Chinese Mantis
Nature Photography and Wildlife Photography by Gerry Gantt, from Marsh, Field and Forest.