{"id":15313,"date":"2014-05-16T20:01:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T00:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=15313"},"modified":"2014-05-16T20:01:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T00:01:51","slug":"praying-mantis-at-cedar-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=15313","title":{"rendered":"Praying Mantis at Cedar Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fhughvandervoort.com%2F%3Fp%3D15313&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p>We had heavy rain most of the day, and I only got out out briefly this afternoon to check the neighborhood bugs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=15314\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15314\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15314\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=15314\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Caterpillar-63.png?fit=1024%2C863&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,863\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Caterpillar 63\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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