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Not a Number
09-06-2008, 05:35 AM
on Sarracenia flower
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swords
09-06-2008, 05:56 AM
Cool I didn't do mantids this year in the garden outside so it's great to see some wee ones. Did you hatch them or are they wild?

Not a Number
09-06-2008, 09:46 AM
They were hatched. Lois had given me a couple ooths when I saw her place in June. A week or two later not a mantis was to be found. Spiders got a few, some wandered into my Venus Flytraps, a few must have dropped down into the pitchers. What happened to the rest? The answer must be blowing in the wind...

Ant
09-06-2008, 09:49 AM
Can I have them! J/K but cool, you should keep a few inside as pets.

Trapper7
09-07-2008, 06:54 PM
Awww cute little dudes.

schloaty
09-08-2008, 08:57 AM
I hatched an three ooths outside this year in the spring. After a couple of days, none to be found. All summer, I saw only ONE nymph.

In the last two days, I've seen THREE adults...one female and two males.

The boys are hanging around my pet Giant Aisan manits - femal, ready to pop with eggs. Trouble is, she's the wrong species for them! Go figure.....