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30-Jul-2006

007

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HUGE bug in my tree!!!!

. . . and its a praying mantis!

I found this guy a few weeks ago in my laceleaf maple when he was about 1" long. I haven't seen him for several weeks until today when I spotted him again. Now he's about 2-1/2" to 3". Here's a couple pictures I snapped this morning . . . .

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30-Jul-2006	#2
dtree bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Sep-2004 Location: St. Paul Country: USA USDA Zone: 4 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 272	Cool - they are not native to your area, are they ? I have read that they can get this far north in a warm spring/summer. I had one for a "pet" once, very interesting creatures.

30-Jul-2006	#3
zube bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Jun-2005 Location: NW Oregon Country: U.S. USDA Zone: zone 8 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 792	If you aren't familiar with them, you'll also be quite surprised the first time you see one fly away. Or at least I was. Pretty much like a big grasshopper. zube __________________ Sorry doesn't put thumbs back on the hand, Marge. H. Simpson

30-Jul-2006	#4
bmor bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: southern ontario (windsor) Country: canada USDA Zone: 6a / 6b AHS Heat Zone: 5? Posts: 315	don't the females eat the males after "you know what"

30-Jul-2006	#5
Repotter Hec DeBrabant Join Date: Nov-2004 Location: Southern Michigan Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 993	Definitely a Praying Mantis. He'll eat the bad bugs so let him be. Hec __________________ http://www.tellys.com http://www.Fourseasonsbonsai.com The original Four Seasons Bonsai Club of Michigan. Guest master Pedro Morales visit was a huge success. Tellys Greenhouse, 3301 John R road, Troy Mi. 48083 Four Seasons Bonsai Club meetings monthly. Troy, Michigan "Anything is possible when you don't know what you are doing"................someone famous I think.

30-Jul-2006	#6
007 Secret Agent Join Date: Nov-2004 Location: Detroit, Michigan Country: U.S. USDA Zone: 5/6 AHS Heat Zone: 4/5 Posts: 838	Yup . . . thats why he's still there. He's in my Seiju BTW . . . . he blends in quite well. He's very hard to spot __________________ Here's to a long life and a merry one, a quick death and an easy one, a pretty girl and an honest one, a cold beer and another one!

30-Jul-2006

sauce

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http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2154.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmor

don't the females eat the males after "you know what"

You are possibly thinking of Black Widow spiders. Mantis die shortly after laying their eggs. They are also an aphid eating machine!

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30-Jul-2006	#8
zube bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Jun-2005 Location: NW Oregon Country: U.S. USDA Zone: zone 8 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 792	Unless I'm mistaken, I think 'he' is a 'she'. I believe the females are green and the males are a light tan. zube __________________ Sorry doesn't put thumbs back on the hand, Marge. H. Simpson

31-Jul-2006

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sauce

You are possibly thinking of Black Widow spiders. Mantis die shortly after laying their eggs. They are also an aphid eating machine!

Most lady mantis eats the head of man mantis during the act of "you know what".
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/l...6/l_016_05.html
I wish i had bugs this interesting in my garden.
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mrwally1954 bonsaiTALK Artisan Join Date: May-2006 Location: Gympie Country: australia Posts: 112	bugs is it true the bugs wiil only inhabit healty plants?

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