Praying Mantis

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=105 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="753bf761ezvthe.jpg"> <div> <B>   </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66CCCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Nature and Spirit   </B></FONT><B>|  </B><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/in"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alanloreficeandcompany.org/id"><U><B>Our Friends</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=375 BGCOLOR="#66CCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> Here is a praying mantis on the prowl in the cherry trees. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="75d902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>           <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" > Praying mantis</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> By fall, the praying mantis have left their egg cases throughout the grove.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="75f94200.jpg" border=0 width="404" height="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>              <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >Praying mantis egg case</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>