Susanne, finally found it!!! I had seen it but thought it was a seed spike of some grass sneaked in there!
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Ahhh I found it with the hint! It’s so obvious once you see it, so strange how that works!
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There is one long plant stalk just to the right of the center going slightly diagonally. The mantis is on it, upside down-ish, out of focus but fairly big
This was a lot of fun 
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Yeah!!! But if I could only make it because I was told it was a mantis; otherwise it’s impossible. I was looking for a reptile or some other vertebrate.
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Now let’s solve Matthew’s challenge and the jumping spider…
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Isn’t it amazing how a big animal like that just “disappears” in the vegetation? I only saw it, because it moved a bit. And once you see it, it really pops out and you can’t understand that you didn’t notice it before.
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It’s kind of like some sort of strange optical illusion.
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Uff! I think I found the jumping spider! :-)
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I just found it too!!!
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I found the jumping spider pretty quickly, but needed help for the mantis! That was much more gratifying than it should have been 
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@pliantscience Added a “hint”…
I finally found it!!!
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.I found all but @matthew_connors and @Strawberrytart.
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I already found the spider, but can’t find @matthew_connors challenge. That one is impossible!!!
@matthew_connors One is probably a stick or leaf insect or maybe a mantis.
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Here’s a hint:
What it looks like in the photo
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Yes that is it!!!
I already magnified every corner of his image and can’t find anything.
I found it now lets focus on the last one.
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Hahahah sorry guys, I should have given you a hint! It’s a big female Deroplatys desiccata showing exactly why it’s so hard to find these guys. :D
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Oooh I found it!!! I had spotted it before but it looked like everything except a mantis!!!
May I spoil where it is?