Zoe, love your pink mantis, just can't get over the color!

gardenfish said:Zoe, love your pink mantis, just can't get over the color!

Ditto!

Lynda, Evelyn and Will—yes, she was cool. Hung around in the mint pot for a couple of days and I never saw her again. I hope she found a safe place and parked some eggs!


I was going back through some old photos tonight, found a nice profile:

Zoë ~ Great pictures! Still that peach-colored one is outstanding. You could blow it up and print it and have it framed. So beautiful!

Couldn't resist posting this one again. Just love the colors on this male.

I agree, Lynda, it's beautiful, and with the water drops it looks like crackled crytal.

@Pirl, Thank you!

Thought of this thread when I saw this big mama on the Stapelia this week.

Is it a preying mantis or a praying mantis? Both seem appropriate.

That's true but it's "praying". It is like they bless their food before they rip it's head off!

So it would be a preying praying mantis? Always one to say grace over their dinner...

pod said:So it would be a preying praying mantis? Always one to say grace over their dinner...

@pod, she's beautiful! Wearing her fall colors!

All decked out for Halloween! I took one of my smaller females over to my sick friends yard and released it. Now on the look for a male to take over. These are Carolinas, y'all, so don't freak. She doesn't have any. This is the friend who has terminal cancer. I'm doing what I can for her. It pleased her no end to receive the mantis.

nmoasis said:@pod, she's beautiful! Wearing her fall colors!

Waiting to ambush Jehovha's Wittnesses.

Poor guys! ( the Witnesses! )

UncleWill said:

Waiting to ambush Jehovha's Wittnesses.

Well unlike Lynda, I am not that sympathetic for the "Jehovah's Witnesses"
you can tell your friend there on the door bell to "just go get 'um!"

They mean well. Oh, a tragedy. I was sweeping my porch and found a dead female, one of the smaller ones. She was all dried up, I could tell she hadn't been stepped n, but she did have some legs missing. Looks like she met up with one of the bigger females and she came out the loser.

Will—I can imagine that anyone intending to ring your doorbell might be startled! Looks like a female and it's egg-laying time, so watch for oothecas! (and to both Wills, I'm with you...not an ounce of sympathy )

Lynda—Could be she had laid her egg case and reached the end of her lifespan. I've found two new cases so far. Haven't seen a single PM for well over a month now.