Mantis nymphs

Not a Number

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• Sep 6, 2008

• #1

on Sarracenia flower

 

swords

• Sep 6, 2008

• #2

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

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• Sep 6, 2008

• #3

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

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• Sep 6, 2008

• #4

Can I have them! J/K but cool, you should keep a few inside as pets.

 

Trapper7

Loves VFT's!

• Sep 7, 2008

• #5

Awww cute little dudes.

 

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schloaty

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• Sep 8, 2008

• #6

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.....