Friday, July 13, 2012

Praying Mantises

A couple months ago we bought a praying mantis egg sac that promised to hatch up to 200 baby praying mantises. We were getting discouraged that despite the rise in temperature here, we still had not seen any babies.

Our cousins in NY had a sac that hatched.

Our friends here in OR had a sac that hatched.

But ours sat empty and appeared to be a dud.

Until this week.


They are so, so tiny. Here you can see the push pin and can see how small they are.


No one needs this many pictures of baby praying matises, but I couldn't choose just one. I like this one because you can also see the egg sac.




What excitement is happening in your back yard?
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3 comments:

  1. Watterson FamilyJuly 14, 2012 at 8:12 PM

    where would one purchase a praying mantis egg sack? sounds like a perfect thing for our backyard.

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    1. Jill FoleyJuly 15, 2012 at 11:20 AM

      We got ours at Fred Meyer in the garden section. I'm not sure if Lowes or Home Depot have them or not. I'm sure you can also order them on line.

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  2. Mary @ Better Than EdenJuly 19, 2012 at 9:10 PM

    Yay! Glad they hatched for you! We haven't seen ANY of them since we released them in the garden! Oh well...

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