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Praying Mantis question

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night owl

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Do these things have the ability to change the shape/profile of their body in order to blend in better with their surrounding? 

 

I ask this because in the 1st pic the body of the mantis is toothed and this makes it blend in with the leaves on the plant. The mantis may be a little hard to find but you'll find it if you really look. This pic was earlier in the year. None of the pics I saw online shows a mantis with a toothed body. Clearly this one in the 1st pic had a toothed body.

 

The second pic I took a few days ago and you can see that the body is not toothed. 

 

Both of these animals were in Massachusetts. What say you?

 

 

 

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