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#73168
August 31st, 2006 at 05:16 AM
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![[Linked Image]](http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k103/Di_06/PrayingMantis.jpg) Obviously praying for my plants. Found inside morning glory.
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#73169
August 31st, 2006 at 07:31 AM
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Great picture...they are such neat insects. 
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#73170
August 31st, 2006 at 11:11 AM
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I saw one the other day too. It must be their time of year.
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#73171
August 31st, 2006 at 12:00 PM
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Compost Queen!
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I don't get any of those...  I wish I did... Thanks for the really neat pic!!
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#73172
August 31st, 2006 at 01:07 PM
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Now, that's a great shot!!
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#73173
August 31st, 2006 at 01:17 PM
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He is looking right at you! Awesome pic!
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#73174
August 31st, 2006 at 03:12 PM
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fantabulous shot!!!! i love praying mantis!!
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#73175
August 31st, 2006 at 03:43 PM
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Great shot! Reminds me of my childhood - we used to see them all the time!
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#73176
August 31st, 2006 at 03:49 PM
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I think they're neat too. I like how they turn their heads to look at you. I was reaching inside the mess of leaves to find some seeds ripe for picking and almost touched him (or her). They aren't the insects that sting are they? Is that the Walking Sticks? Can't remember.
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#73177
September 1st, 2006 at 04:30 AM
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I've never heard that they sting.
Weezie, wonder why they don't live in your area.
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#73178
September 1st, 2006 at 07:00 AM
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Compost Queen!
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I thought someone said they got bit by one??
Can't remember who though??????
Also, Sheri, I can't imagine why either..
I am totally organic and lot's of fallow areas
they can live on/in...
I wish I did have them.. they'd be alot of fun
to find and watch...
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#73179
September 5th, 2006 at 11:31 PM
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Nobody believes me but I saw on TV one time where praying mantis will eat hummingbirds. And this weekend we saw one on our hummingbird feeder. We've got a picture I just need to get it posted. What I saw on TV was a gigantic mantis with a partially eaten hummer sticking out of it's mouth. The mantis on my feeder was very small so I can't imagine that he could eat a bird, but don't the females eat the males?
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#73180
September 6th, 2006 at 01:04 AM
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Best,
I think they eat the male.
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#73181
September 6th, 2006 at 01:10 AM
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#73182
September 6th, 2006 at 01:14 AM
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Sheri, I believe you. I had Jim get a mantis off of one of our feeders on Saturday. I think he was waiting on our hummingbirds to come eat, so he could eat one of them. Wasn't happening here... Check out this site... Dianna
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#73183
September 6th, 2006 at 01:17 AM
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I almost raked one to death yesterday but I saved him and put him on my roses!! we used to get them in our screened in porch when I was a kid. We would catch flies and put them next to the mantis and watch them eat them! so groooosss! Better than Animal Planet. I put a bee in with one once to see who would win and the praying mantis won! ew.
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#73184
September 6th, 2006 at 04:04 AM
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I thought Cindy *or someone* got bit by one?
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#73185
September 6th, 2006 at 04:11 AM
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My grandmother tels me that they don't actually bit, but they will 'slash' you with their forearms, ouch!
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