My yard serves as the hunting ground for whole fleets of praying mantids.

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Praying mantids, similar to several other insects, have compound eyes that create the illusion of pupils watching me as I move.

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So now, I spend a large portions of my free time watching praying mantids molt, hummingbirds catch gnats over the compost pile, monarch caterpillars munch away the milkweed.

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