Somebody had babies!!!!

[LaManuka]

No not Peachie (though not for lack of trying!), but when I went out into my back yard this morning these guys were clinging to the outside of our screen door - probably about three dozen teeny tiny eeny weeny baby praying mantises!! They're just so cute!!

 

[nkrbkr]

I love praying mantises. They’re so cool!

 

[nkrbkr]

I took this picture last summer, on the outside of my mother-in-law’s house. Very unusual, as they don’t typically have them where she lives.

 

[clark_conure]

Be careful

They are not to be trusted.

They kill mice even.

A budgie might win because it has a better beak, but I wouldn't put money on it.

 

[clark_conure]

I'd move them away from my property to eat the bugs they should be eating.

 

[LaManuka]

I took this picture last summer, on the outside of my mother-in-law’s house. Very unusual, as they don’t typically have them where she lives.
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Ooooooooooohhhhhhhh @nkrbkr, s/he's such a lovely colour!!

I'd move them away from my property to eat the bugs they should be eating.

Don't you worry Clark, we have a resident family of magpies with hungry babies to feed. Thus nature is balanced!

 

[Corkscr.ew]

They look so cool!!

 

[clark_conure]

Murdering bird killers...ok.

 

[LaManuka]

Murdering bird killers...ok.

Ok @clark_conure, you've more than made your point. Now don't go and spoil the vibe for everyone else, ok?

 

[Corkscr.ew]

Murdering bird killers...ok.

Not really. That hummingbird incident is pretty bizarre. It doesn't happen regularly.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Freakn cool! I know someone who keeps exotic mantises as pets . I bet she'd have a lot of neat stuff to tell us about them .