Mohican
Well-Known Member
When we moved in the people here before had a few cats. After about six months our back yard was overrun with crickets. The cats had eaten all of the lizards. Now our yard has lizards the size of snakes and we also have praying mantises. We had a pet praying mantis we got on a wreath from Oregon. It was a very cold winter so I brought her in every night and fed her crickets. The children were fascinated. The mantis would pick up a cricket and eat its head!
In the morning I would put her back outside in the rose garden. Every night she would be back on the front door waiting for me to bring her in. She got very fat and then skinny again. This went on for about a month and then she died. A few weeks later I noticed the egg sack on the door. That spring we had little baby mantises everywhere and we have been getting them ever since. I found a few last year, one was on the Mulanje in the compost pile.
Cheers,
Mo
In the morning I would put her back outside in the rose garden. Every night she would be back on the front door waiting for me to bring her in. She got very fat and then skinny again. This went on for about a month and then she died. A few weeks later I noticed the egg sack on the door. That spring we had little baby mantises everywhere and we have been getting them ever since. I found a few last year, one was on the Mulanje in the compost pile.
Cheers,
Mo