Every year, the little child comes out in me and I place a praying mantis egg case in a glass jar on the corner of my desk. Weeks go by and like magic about 200 praying mantises appear. They are born, dry off in a short time and they are ready to take on the world. I release them in our garden and they spend the summer eating as many bugs as possible. They later make passionate love and the female bites off the head of the male. She later lays about 200 eggs in an egg pod that hatches the following spring. The little babies are so small and light they can walk on your finger like this one is on mine and you can’t even feel them.
I wish everyone the best of luck on some great entries this week and I am going to get to work coming up with 200 names.
Your comments are welcome.
Apr 18, 2009 at 09:45 PM
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