Green Praying mantis (Order Mantodea) waiting for prey to come by : (pix Sanjiv Shukla)

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Size: 3888px × 2592px
Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Photo credit: © Sanjiv Shukla / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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