While chatting with a friend on the phone late yesterday morning - or was it early afternoon? - anyway, while I was chatting I was pulling weeds. Some people like to smoke on the phone, some people pace, but I pull weeds.
I had a nice big handful so decided to walk them down to the yard waste dumpster, conveniently located at the end of my lot. I walked out there, picked up the door to throw the stuff in and then noticed this:
They were everywhere! And I almost touched one! I'm a girl so squealed like one and then ran to get the camera.
(clicky=biggy, if you dare)
I grew up in the country and have never in my life seen baby praying mantises (manti?) . . . they are even freakier than adult ones. Ugh. I have it in my head, though, that they're good bugs to have, like they eat mosquitoes or something, so I won't complain. I won't be using the dumpster until I'm sure they've graduated college and moved into their own homes, but I won't complain.
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Yukyukyukyukyuk. I totally can't come over again until they're gone. Well, don't expect me to take out the garbage while I'm there- I'll just flush everything down the toilet, if that's OK with you.
No no clicky = biggy for me, thank you very much.
Urgh, I hate those things. My students in Japan used to make grown ones fight each other. Yuk
Doesn't the female bite the male's head off after mating? If that's true, I would like you to kill them all.
Wow. It's a little gross, but mostly interesting. But that's mostly because that isn't MY dumpster. I have always found praying mantises interesting and I've never seen babies. I imagine this is what it would look like if Paris Hilton had a litter.
Actually, I think that's pretty cool, Gwen. I'm more than a little jealous. And, please, if my science-geek kid knew about this she would be packing a bag to hitch hike her way to your house ASAP!!
Bleurgh! Eek! Gah! *shudder* :/ There's no way I'm enlarging those pics!
AAARGH! (I lied) :(
Where do you live, the heart of the Amazon? Yuck is right!
That's a lovely thing to see right before lunch. lol! And there's NO WAY I'm clicking on it! Btw, my 'piece of clothing I won't throw away' post is up. Sorry it's late!
Damn.
I put those mantis eggs to freak you out, not to provide blog fodder
CRAP are they ever UGLY!!!! I never thought about "I wonder what a praying manti's baby looks like" and I'm glad. Poor things being all ugly!
STAY SAFE!!
- Jennifer
After I changed my underwear, because that picture made me pee myself...I would say, that's probably quite cool.
Not in real life, but quite cool that it's waaaaaay far away from me.
These probably showed up after Whiskeymarie took a dump in there while she was visting...does that mean that WM might be an alien?
I'm a dude who grew up in the south, and even I squealed like a girl after seeing those pics.
They look like little albino, insect minions. What if the adult mantis is twenty feet tall? Do Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones make house calls? o_o'
I thought praying mantises were like endangered or something. I think you need to leave them to procreate in your yard.
But don't worry, I'm still scared of centepedes...
I was just completely relieved that they were mantis babies and not maggots, which is what I thought when I saw the first picture, and I thought I was gonna have to come over there and set that dumpster on fire.
*shudder*
Growing up in PA if you killed one kids would yell. "That's a $1000 fine!!"
I never did check the law on that one but maybe it's true.
I thought they were maggots also but they are kinda worse...
maggots with legs! Gah!
That's going to give me nightmares tonight!!
Shawn, nothing is worse than maggots.
NOTHING.
"Well, now we know what Brian was doing lurking in your alley."
No, not good enough. How about
"Well, I bet the thought of those climbing in through your open window while you sleep will keep you up tonight."
Better, but still, WAIT!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCpUZmUPmlE&feature=PlayList&p=792FE37FA2BF1CD0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=13
come on people....CUUUUTTTEEEEE!!!!
little tiny head eating when im done having sex with you but cant stand you for anything else insects...gotta love em.
you know there are plenty of women out there that would totally eat some heads off of men after sex if civilized society didnt frown on such things...wimps.
This might be an opportunity to make some fast cash... There's a store in town that sells these little guys to protect gardens. Well, maybe I should rethink that... How in the hell would you capture them to sell them? That, my friend, would be hilarious!
I love praying mantiseses (they're our state bug!), but those babies look like like aliens. Creepy!
p.s. how are the hives?
They're adorable!
Babies!!! How awesome is that? Sorry Gwen, I love praying mantis. They are so regal and cool looking. :-)
EWWW...Save the women and children!!!!
Let's get back to the pulling of the weeds. Can you talk on the phone and walk yourself down south and get started in my yard? Please?
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Those are protected in most states. So, don't go all apeshit on them with your flip flops or anything.
Also, just because I care, a praying mantis egg case kind of looks like a cold scrotum.
Yikes! What a trip!
You call these icky bugs?? We have spiders as big as your head, crocodiles, snakes and cochraoches all within walking distance from home. Its a fight for survival everyday down here.
Dude. These things are so odd they make me say things like "dude."
Came here because Benny told me to check it out and well...now I have the heebie jeebies...
My son however, would like to know exactly where this is, because he wants a praying mantis...
cool reads. Gonna go do some catching up now. [keeping bottle of Raid handy]
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