Preying Mantis

This Praying Mantis is an example of camouflage. It blends in with the sticks on the bush. This helps the Mantis capture bugs, because the bug(s) with think it's landing on a stick. This is also mutualism, because the Preying Mantis gets a home from the bush. Meanwhile the mantis is eating the bugs that want to eat the bushes leaves.

This tree is a biotic limiting factor and could also be part of a community. It is a limiting biotic factor by growing up toward the light and limits the light that reaches the ground underneath. Also the roots grow out limiting the amount of space for other plants to grow. Its part of a community by providing a home for birds and other small animals. Also it provides green leaves in spring and summer of bugs to feed on.