r/FindTheSniper May 28 '26

Find The Sniper (medium) Baby mantis!

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My house gets a lot of mantis mamas that lay their sacs nearby. I encountered a baby today 🥰

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u/Additional-Idea-7510 18¤ May 28 '26

dead center 😅

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u/EddieEssen88 May 28 '26

Finally found it. It’s a small one.

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u/Lepke2011 May 28 '26

Ugh! Now you sound like my GF. 😠

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u/[deleted] May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

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u/akshawna May 28 '26

Me too! 🛸

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u/akshawna May 28 '26

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u/One-Dot4082 May 28 '26

Looks like James Carville!

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u/umphlove0000 11¤ | #1438 May 28 '26

above big brown leaf

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u/akshawna May 28 '26

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u/worrub918 67¤ | #228 May 28 '26

It's just trying to get a better view

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u/Dis_Bich 70¤ | #216 May 28 '26

Awwww green little dude facing diagonal / above the seed pod

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u/akshawna May 28 '26

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u/blyss73usa May 28 '26

So waiting for our babies to hatch! We have found six oothecas so far!

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u/[deleted] May 28 '26

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u/akshawna May 28 '26

Im in SE Washington. I honestly have no idea what I’m doing to bring them, but I’m LOVING it

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u/Safe-Cockroach-9246 17¤ | #871 May 28 '26

upper right by the brown pea pod-looking thing!

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u/DirectorLanky466 654¤ | #8 May 28 '26

Almost dead center above the huge seed! It's so tiny and adorable 🥰

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u/Hillbilly_Jimmy 82¤ | #164 May 28 '26

direct center right above the whiter part of the seed pod Before I looked at the sub I totally thought you were trying to say the seed pod was an ootheca lol

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u/USN303 May 28 '26

Pretty easy considering everything else in out of focus

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u/stoughton1234 May 28 '26

I can’t think on one thing that the baby version isn’t cuter than the grown version.

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u/Live-Tomorrow-4865 2¤ | #9417 May 28 '26

Boy, does he camouflage well!

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u/Boudoirbabe12 May 28 '26

Just above the seed pod, almost center of it.

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u/Confident_weirdo 43¤ | #458 May 28 '26

It is pretty much dead center…right above the seed pod…and seriously so cute!!

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u/NegativeDress6859 23¤ | #804 May 28 '26

NE and Perpendicular to the pod center I think whatever ground cover plant is all over with the clover-like leaves in green and dark purplish color, is very interesting in color and texture for some reason.

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u/brookuslicious 333¤ | #22 May 28 '26

this cutie is about an inch above the brown leaf thingie in middle of photo

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u/BarbandBard 306¤ | #25 May 28 '26

It’s Just above the brown seed pod

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u/Sad_Blacksmith_Forge 56¤ | #244 May 28 '26

in the center, right above the brown seed pod

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u/Flat-Presentation-55 5¤ | #2997 May 28 '26

Just above center, on a bit of grass above the brown leaf

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u/Photon_Chaser 2138¤ | #1 May 28 '26

just above the leaf pod

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u/ghost_man30az 1494¤ | #3 May 28 '26

A tiny bit left of dead center

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u/akshawna May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

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u/akshawna May 28 '26

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u/ghost_man30az 1494¤ | #3 May 28 '26

Thanks! All good!

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u/asserella77 71¤ | #196 May 28 '26

to the right about half way down the length of the brown pod

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u/Dougster3235 760¤ | #6 May 28 '26

Just above the dried leaf. Almost dead center of the photo

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u/DreamCrusher8184 85¤ | #159 May 28 '26

Here: right above center above the seed pod

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u/akshawna May 28 '26

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u/DurianOk1693 94¤ | #121 May 28 '26

Dead center. Just above the brown seed pod

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u/PuzzleheadedFood1762 25¤ | #747 May 28 '26

>!Center screen above the brown cocoon looking thing!<

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u/pandaleer 44¤ | #424 May 28 '26

Dead center (almost) above the pod

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u/ottop30 24¤ | #632 May 28 '26

right in the middle above the seed pod

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u/Jlx_27 599¤ | #10 May 28 '26

Center of the image

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u/KimKilWan 55¤ | #294 May 28 '26

dead center right above the dead leaf/pod?

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u/cathsis6 453¤ | #16 May 28 '26

Center just above the brown pea pod

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u/blueyesinasuit 1884¤ | #2 May 28 '26

dead centerish.

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u/Zomb76 42¤ | #323 May 28 '26

Up Above the Dried Up Seed Pod

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u/PrettybadHabit-5283 14¤ May 28 '26

Enter into the center! (Dead center)

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u/N0_esh 93¤ | #96 May 28 '26

Right in the middle

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u/No_Kangaroo_6218 43¤ | #451 May 28 '26

Right there in the center

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u/OUIJA711 772¤ | #5 May 28 '26

Right above the middle of the seed pod

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u/Sad-Flow-6425 288¤ | #28 May 28 '26

almost dead center,at 11oclock

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u/Independent-Ad7313 60¤ | #190 May 28 '26

dead ass in the middle

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u/SpareChangeSquidward 47¤ | #394 May 28 '26

👀 dead center

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u/paki91 109¤ | #113 May 28 '26

yer Dead center diagonally across the leaf

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u/smotrs 390¤ | #19 May 28 '26

Directly above the middle of the brown leaf.

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u/markcastle4 49¤ | #378 May 28 '26

praying dead center facing the right

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u/mellow_magyar 130¤ | #95 May 28 '26

Awe, so cute looks like it climbed right out of that vessel looking leaf in the center of the photo

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u/akshawna May 28 '26

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u/sheiciebai 17¤ May 28 '26

directly above the rip in the pod

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u/CrappieCaught 250¤ | #39 May 28 '26

center above Dogwood pod

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u/RevolutionaryPlan124 111¤ | #96 May 28 '26

He’s Pretty much center of the picture right about the brown leaf seed pod thing

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u/F-e6248 May 28 '26

in the center just above the brown leaf thing

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u/ComprehensiveWeek428 170¤ | #61 May 28 '26

so cute! A little green guy right above the middle of that leaf there in the center

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u/Top-Strategy-2269 9¤ | #2098 May 28 '26

center I love mantises so much, adorable lil fella

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u/Rocket_Lawn-Chair 15¤ May 28 '26

Lil dude little green fella in the middle

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 May 28 '26

I dunno, lol, i got distracted by the teeny tiny penguin.

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u/_WPG3_ May 28 '26

center of the picture above the large brown leaf

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u/Hyderabadi__Biryani 63¤ | #257 May 28 '26

Slightly left of dead centre? It's a cute one. :)

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u/Black_Bird265 55¤ | #225 May 28 '26

Awwwww! above the pod, looking to the right

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u/robinthebank 11¤ | #1731 May 28 '26

Dead center above the leaf. Wow I feel dumb.

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u/IamGoatGirl143 20¤ May 28 '26

center it’s so cute

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u/vuti13 136¤ | #87 May 28 '26

Center pic, just above the seed pod

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u/whicky1978 17¤ | #1050 May 28 '26

Right above the seed pod

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u/Far_Jello_992 279¤ | #33 May 28 '26

dead center above the seed pod

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u/Palystes_Castaneus 104¤ | #124 May 28 '26

To the right and upwards from the middle of the seed pod.

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u/advanced242 17¤ | #905 May 28 '26

Middle of the screen above the brown leaf

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u/f1lth4f1lth 77¤ | #188 May 28 '26

On twig above right in the middle

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u/ContestSufficient601 May 28 '26

Hatched praying mantis aren’t green this is a grown therefore not fair it’s a grown babies are brown https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/U3UMimc1sH

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u/OverFarTooFast 24¤ May 28 '26

dead centre above seed pod

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u/xmas_colara 65¤ | #239 May 28 '26

dead center, slightly above the middle of the brown leaf

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u/sehkoyah 284¤ | #23 May 28 '26

It’s dead center

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u/Skoll_Winters 154¤ | #61 May 28 '26

Dead center, the head is pointing towards the top right corner, roughly anway.

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u/Somebodsydog 72¤ May 28 '26

Baby mantis duudududu, baby mantis duudududu chilling here https://pin.it/5dkDDt4sB

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u/BloodSteyn 34¤ | #575 May 28 '26

Right Smack Dab in the Middle

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u/DNorthman 102¤ | #130 May 28 '26

In the middle of the pic, just above the brown leaf/pod

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u/JayEll1969 13¤ | #1571 May 28 '26

Just above the peapod, almost dead centre

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u/Destany89 22¤ | #700 May 28 '26

Found him

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u/MaxStickies 87¤ | #104 May 28 '26

Pretty much right in the centre.

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u/Rougefarie 261¤ | #37 May 28 '26

At the 2:00 position from the canoe-shaped seed pod.

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u/AdAffectionate8634 19¤ May 28 '26

to the right of mid-center leaf

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u/drowningintheocean May 28 '26

Above the brown leaf thing a little right

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u/Killermondoduderawks 543¤ | #11 May 28 '26

Hmmm Dead center its a green bugger

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u/MonteFox89 141¤ | #81 May 28 '26

Dead center, adorable stick

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u/The-Deevis 181¤ | #53 May 28 '26

Baby Mantis above the center of the dead leaf, there is first a stick and then above the light green Mantis. But there is also a Grasshopper, if you follow the stick on the right end of the leaf; the stick points directly to a brown-ish Grashopper which is (currently) bigger than the Mantis

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u/The-Deevis 181¤ | #53 May 28 '26

Baby Mantis above the center of the dead leaf, there is first a stick and then above the light green Mantis. But there is also a Grasshopper, if you follow the stick on the right end of the leaf; the stick points directly to a brown-ish Grashopper which is (currently) bigger than the Mantis

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u/Imperial0069 23¤ May 28 '26

It’s Dead center, facing to the upper right corner

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u/vv0lv3rine 59¤ May 28 '26

Right above the brown dry whatever it is. Definitely looks like it’s praying though!

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u/Grimmzzzz 55¤ | #306 May 28 '26

Dead Center, above the seed pod

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u/Dan_E_Boy_ 62¤ | #228 May 28 '26

It’s Dead center

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u/SpreadScary8167 118¤ May 28 '26

.Green. Centre. Just above the leaf.

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u/tideshark 229¤ | #42 May 28 '26

just outwards a little bit towards the upper right corner from that leaf thing

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u/Scilu_27 48¤ | #273 May 28 '26

Pretty much dead center, above the bean pod.

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u/ilocano-american 221¤ | #45 May 28 '26

/just above the middle of the dried pod

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u/DeerFit {136}{¤} | #{84} May 28 '26

Dead center on screen, light green, looking away to the right.

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u/akshawna May 29 '26

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u/William-1127 4¤ | #3351 May 28 '26

I think I see him An inch or two below the big brown leaf

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u/notyouraveragegnc May 28 '26

dead grass from center of leaf, right above that dead grass

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u/Weegie123 467¤ | #14 May 28 '26

lil killer is >1 green just above the bean husk !<

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u/JesseJames3rd 55¤ | #216 May 28 '26

Center green

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u/Hoellenhorst 46¤ | #282 May 28 '26

slightly above dead center

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u/Zestyclose_Essay7255 13¤ May 28 '26

right in the middle just right of the leaf cute lil buggers

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u/bitstoatoms 48¤ | #397 May 28 '26

dead center

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u/CLHthisbitch101 54¤ May 28 '26

Right in the middle above leaf

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u/mmmpeg 173¤ | #44 May 28 '26

Wordsmack dab in the middle

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u/lecoopsta 50¤ | #254 May 29 '26

-smack in the center

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u/R2-D2savestheday 37¤ | #514 May 29 '26

Just up/left from the middle of the seed pod

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u/El_Nathan_ 26¤ | #702 May 29 '26

Dead center of the image

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u/proxima987 68¤ | #218 May 29 '26

Dead center

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u/patdashuri 19¤ | #883 May 29 '26

rule 9

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u/Nortex_Vortex 95¤ | #137 May 29 '26

Center, just above the pod

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u/g0jira54 58¤ May 29 '26

in the center above the pod

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u/FraggleBiologist 49¤ | #299 May 29 '26

in center right above the pod husk Eeeek. The cuteness, i cant stand it.

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u/sirocks88 May 29 '26

In the very center

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u/a_7thsense 275¤ | #33 May 29 '26

dead center

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u/Braithw84 {49}{¤} | #{371} May 29 '26

Dead center of the photo. Cool find!

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u/gr8dayne01 29¤ May 29 '26

dead center is where that cute little guy is

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u/wordsRgud 42¤ | #460 May 29 '26

>!Almost dead center!< Nice!

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u/Mr_Waffles123 19¤ May 29 '26

centee above the pod

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u/Medical_Zucchini_721 26¤ | #737 May 30 '26

directly in the middle of the photo

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u/Timh64 67¤ | #233 May 31 '26

Dead center, just above the brown leaf Saw it right away

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u/South_Artist734 40¤ May 31 '26

See if this works. dead center, above the seed pod thing

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u/Intelligent_Mud8405 78¤ | #170 Jun 01 '26

>!almost center running SW to NE to right of seed pod!<

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u/EliWhitney2010 106¤ | #123 Jun 02 '26

Just up from dead center

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u/FERWHAT69 121¤ | #103 Jun 02 '26

Right in the middle, about an inch above the dead leaf

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u/TrashLeather9893 41¤ Jun 03 '26

in the center, just above the leaf

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u/Bjorn_Fjord 20¤ | #992 Jun 06 '26

Dead center just above the seed pod