{"id":1629,"date":"2008-10-16T05:49:22","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T05:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2008\/10\/16\/october-16-2008-praying-mantis-is-in-the-house\/"},"modified":"2008-10-24T06:14:59","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T06:14:59","slug":"october-16-2008-praying-mantis-is-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2008\/10\/16\/october-16-2008-praying-mantis-is-in-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"October 16, 2008  Praying Mantis Is In The House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I lied.\u00a0 The bug was outside the house, on the stairway railing.\u00a0 Just hours after I took these award-winning shots, the neighbor smacked the creature.\u00a0 It was last seen flying south in an erratic manner.\u00a0 Do not adjust your tuner&#8212;the bug was really upside down for that one photo.\u00a0 I have a feeling that the bug really hated me, especially when I held the lens right up to his wacky head.<\/p>\n<p><a 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