Re: My little friend!
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09/13/19 02:51 PM
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They look like little aliens don't they.
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Re: My little friend!
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09/13/19 02:55 PM
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Just don't marry her Jerry. Their mates lose their heads when they consummate. That's a female that will be laying an egg case soon. I caught a praying mantis with an abdomen like that, when I was a kid. I let it hang out in my windows and catch flys. It disappeared for a few days and showed back up looking really skinny. Months later, I got home from school and my mom was yelling and vacuuming thousands of baby preying mantises, with a shop vac, from my windows. She had laid multiple egg cases attached to the clothes in my closet. Keith
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Re: My little friend!
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She was a fat thing for sure I put her back at the cabin after we moved it just cool to have around, did not see the male around. LOL
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Re: My little friend!
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They look like little aliens don't they. They just might be. They are cool! I usually get them hanging out in the garden or on the mammoth sunflowers during the summer.
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Re: My little friend!
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09/13/19 05:48 PM
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So, you will have to educate me on that critter?
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: My little friend!
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Praying mantis has always been a favorite of mine. They are creepy when that are light brown.
Very cool
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Re: My little friend!
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Praying mantis has always been a favorite of mine. They are creepy when that are light brown.
Very cool Thanks Adam! I just couldn't remember what they were.
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Re: My little friend!
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They actually make great pets! We used to catch them and keep them in a screened box. We would open the door to let flies in, then catch the flies and put them in the box with the praying mantis. They can snatch a fly out of the air.....then eat them while theyre kicking. When they're done they'll lick their hands to get the last bit of goodness. Cheap entertainment. 🙂
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Re: My little friend!
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Never have seen one. Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Mac
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