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It should be what I named them; Lucy and Desi were a pair in real life and the names were suggestions from my mother, didn't need to match the show perfectly. Matters not in the end since all the survivors turned out male and I no longer have that species however.
Bunch'a nymphs...got a few dozen right now, as well as a fair number of bark nymphs starting to grow up P. paradoxa nymphs by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
So, big news on this side hobby: because they are expensive and don't really provide return enough, I'm phasing out raising mantids. This means I have a bunch of bark mantis females, egg cases, and nymphs to move out, and a few ghost nymphs too...
However, I am going to be still documenting wild ones when I see them Mantis religiosa by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr Mantis religiosa by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And other local friends like this guy: Harvestman by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
As happens every year, the locals found the bug smorgasbord around the plants: Mantis religiosa by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the annual mating activity of the tarantulas has been on in the southeast corner of the state. I ended up holding my first tarantula ever while down there looking (mostly unsuccessfully) for reptiles: Aphonopelma hentzi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr Aphonopelma hentzi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
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