Adrian Roselli on Nostr: Found a tiny praying mantis working its way across the balloon flowers (Platycodon ...

Found a tiny praying mantis working its way across the balloon flowers (Platycodon grandiflorus) to Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus).

It struggled to climb the flower buds.

Not sure if it is a Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) or a narrow-winged mantis / Japanese mantis (Tenodera angustipennis). I could not look for a color spot between its front legs.

The second two photos are in-camera digitally zoomed versions of the first two.