Yeah, I thought everything was bigger here in Texas, but we don't have 6" praying mantis - if so think I'll move out...lol. The grasshoppers are bigger then the praying mantis, glad the mantis can still eat them!
cocoon?
- Thread starter Grampa Don
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Ah, come on "Kenster" ...you're an old Texan and you know its not the bite bug that's our official "bird bug"... its the Cockroach. Remember those official roach races they used to have, when Big "D"always won with that huge one they entered, and they finally disqualified the roach - found out it was an import from Brazil!!!
Grampa Don
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- Orange county, Calif.
I found a bunch more hatched this morning and turned them loose in the flowers. They keep coming. Here's a couple photos showing how they emerge from the sac. It takes a while for their legs to extend.
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Grampa Don
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One of my little guys looking for dinner.
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drifter
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That shot is a keeper for sure.One of my little guys looking for dinner.
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Ruth n Jersey
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- Northern New Jersey
That is really neat! Have you any idea of how many hatched? I would think the birds would get a good many of them while they are young. I'm glad you held onto it they certainly do help control the nasty bugs.
Grampa Don
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- Orange county, Calif.
I have no idea how many. Yesterday there was a mess of them. This morning there are 8 more. I think it's slowing down.
I expect there will be a high mortality rate. I've seen ants on the flowers and I'm sure they will go after them. I've dropped them in three different spots, so maybe a few will get lucky. If they had hatched in my garage where I found the egg sac, I doubt whether many would.
Don