I thought all my mantids had been eaten by robins this year but I was out and found one lone survivor (that i know of) he's about 2" long:
he decided it was night time so he crawled under the leaf and was getting ready for bed(I love how they hang upside down like bats when they sleep) I like to think he's saying goodnight in this shot
Here's some Datura seed pods (illustrating why they call them Thorn Apples:
I only leave one to ripen at a time so I can get maximum blooming (plus each pod has some 200-500 seeds so I don't need more than that for next year)
Tonights open Datura is D. inoxa:
I'll have 5 Datura inoxa blooms open tomorrow night on one plant! And soon the first bloom on the largest species D. wrightii (the first bud is forming).
he decided it was night time so he crawled under the leaf and was getting ready for bed(I love how they hang upside down like bats when they sleep) I like to think he's saying goodnight in this shot
Here's some Datura seed pods (illustrating why they call them Thorn Apples:
I only leave one to ripen at a time so I can get maximum blooming (plus each pod has some 200-500 seeds so I don't need more than that for next year)
Tonights open Datura is D. inoxa:
I'll have 5 Datura inoxa blooms open tomorrow night on one plant! And soon the first bloom on the largest species D. wrightii (the first bud is forming).