Yard Critters

Discussion in 'Discussion Group' started by tassy, Jun 2, 2008.

  1. tassy

    tassy Well-Known Member

    Lookie what was out on my hibiscus plant tonite..2 of them even! I love praying mantis's, and these are so small...just babies! I know the picture is a little grainy.. but I couldn't zoom in real close because they were so small..so I zoomed and cropped the best picture I could get. They were only about an inch long...very very t-iny!

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  2. tassy

    tassy Well-Known Member

    This is a bigger one..much easier to get a picture of....

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  3. Tangerine

    Tangerine Well-Known Member

    those things scare me.
     
  4. mnredsky

    mnredsky Well-Known Member

    Yea!!!! I can't wait until my egg sack hatches. I'll have 100's of them!!! :hurray::hurray::hurray:

    Yes, before you ask ....this is TRUE. I have a praying mantis egg sack. HG has seen it....just waiting and waiting and waiting for it to hatch. 8)
     
  5. Tangerine

    Tangerine Well-Known Member

    take a pic so i'll know what that looks like. sounds yucky!! :neutral:
     
  6. tassy

    tassy Well-Known Member

    I've seen them too... Logans Trading (downtown Raleigh) was also selling them. You could get a container with 2 egg sacks in it, they were each attached to a small twig and it said each egg sack could contain up to 200 babies. I love to watch a praying mantis, I have a picture I took of a female eating a male, if anyone wants me to post that one.... :)
     
  7. kaci

    kaci Well-Known Member

    When they are born, wave a few up the street, my grandma always said they bring good luck:)
     
  8. mnredsky

    mnredsky Well-Known Member


    Will do! And they do a FANTASTIC job of eating unwanted bugs in gardens and on rose bushes....or really bushes of any kind.

    I hatch a sack every year! LOLOL :lol:
     
  9. kaci

    kaci Well-Known Member

    Cool, that is great to know. i would love to see it, maybe tomorrow evening before i go to DGS's ballgame if you are home, i will wander down to check them out if ok with you.
     
  10. mnredsky

    mnredsky Well-Known Member

    I'll be here....not like I go anywhere too much :mrgreen:

    It should be hatching soon as it usually takes 2-4 weeks and it's been 3.5 ....
     
  11. harleygirl

    harleygirl Well-Known Member

    I gave R your number to call! :mrgreen:

    They are so freaking cool!!!! And so are you! :hurray:
     
  12. dangerboy

    dangerboy Well-Known Member

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  13. elims

    elims Well-Known Member

    I've seen more around my house in the past few years than I ever saw in my lifetime ... now I'm glad they're actually useful!! (I just thought they were cool looking!) Will keep an eye out for the little critters!
     
  14. Tangerine

    Tangerine Well-Known Member

    thanks dangerboy. i've probably seen these before and didn't know what i was looking at.
     
  15. peaches

    peaches Well-Known Member

    He's gorgeous!
     
  16. It actually look likes he is smiling
     
  17. bandmom

    bandmom Well-Known Member

    sounds like you may have to induce labor! :lol:
     

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