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Posted On: March 2nd 2026, 07:58 pm
🍀 Can you spot Week 13's "AoTW?" Probably.. but many insects can't! 🐾

📣 This week's animal: Orchid mantis 🌸

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lindab_morin 8 months ago

lindab_morin

AHHH YAY!! They normally do this with mimicry ( resembling very similar colors and shapes of an orchid to the eyes of a bee ) and with VOCs, using chemicals to resemble the scent of a flower or the same scent bees smell during mating season (when hunting for bees of course) !!

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