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[alp]

@Vishu1708 Glad that you let it roam free.. Nature in your house!

Strangely enough, the sun is out and glorious .. Weather forecasts are just plain rubbish ..

 

[Zenj]

Good morning to all ,Vishnu 1708 great photo, here's a little chubby fellow from today

 

[alp]

View attachment 28357 Good morning to all ,Vishnu 1708 great photo, here's a little chubby fellow from today

That's a nice closeup.. I so want one.. Hope you're going to have a bright and clear day in the NE, zenji!

 

[Vishu1708]

@Logan thanks
@alp They are supposd to eat grasshopers and other pests in check so its better if she remains in the garden.
@Zenj thanks mate..... btw which bird is that? Its so friggin cute!

 

[MaryMary]

Aibt she just adorable!!!
I wish i could keep her as a pet!!

@Vishu1708, she IS adorable!! I love praying mantises. Last year, I must have been in the right place at the right time - I found a bunch of baby mantises all over my front porch!!

I counted 25 of them, all in one little area; it must have been "Hatching Day."

 

[Vishu1708]

@Vishu1708, she IS adorable!! I love praying mantises. Last year, I must have been in the right place at the right time - I found a bunch of baby mantises all over my front porch!!

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I counted 25 of them, all in one little area; it must have been "Hatching Day."

Omg!!! Cuteness overload!!
You are sooooooo lucky..... i have never seen mantis babies

 

[MaryMary]

Omg!!! Cuteness overload!!

They were the size of my thumbnail. SO cute!! I watched my step for days!!

You are sooooooo lucky..... i have never seen mantis babies

Hmm... it never occurred to me to try to plan that, but it shouldn't be too hard!! You are headed into Autumn, right? Wait a month or two, then go look in the bushes for the egg sacs! If you put one in your garden, you'd probably see babies by late spring/early summer. Couldn't hurt to have them in the garden, either!!

We have a greater amount of mantises in the yard after I learned what the egg sacs look like and I started saving them from the burn pile after pruning the bushes.

I searched for images - the egg sacs will look something like these:

More images here: https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs...-003&hsimp=yhs-003&hspart=mozilla&fr2=p:s,v:i

And, more pictures, because they made me happy...

Here are a couple "Mantis Mamas" that look like yours:

And then this one, because I like the way the fake "eyes" look so intimidating!!

And lastly, more babies!!

 

[Vishu1708]

They were the size of my thumbnail. SO cute!! I watched my step for days!!





Hmm... it never occurred to me to try to plan that, but it shouldn't be too hard!! You are headed into Autumn, right? Wait a month or two, then go look in the bushes for the egg sacs! If you put one in your garden, you'd probably see babies by late spring/early summer. Couldn't hurt to have them in the garden, either!!

We have a greater amount of mantises in the yard after I learned what the egg sacs look like and I started saving them from the burn pile after pruning the bushes.

I searched for images - the egg sacs will look something like these:

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More images here: https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrB8o4bKeJZMDkA86cunIlQ?p=praying+mantis+egg+sacs&fr=yhs-mozilla-003&hsimp=yhs-003&hspart=mozilla&fr2=p:s,v:i

And, more pictures, because they made me happy...

Here are a couple "Mantis Mamas" that look like yours:

View attachment 28369 View attachment 28370


And then this one, because I like the way the fake "eyes" look so intimidating!!

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And lastly, more babies!!

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Thanks a lot for the info @MaryMary.
I will keep an eye out for them...
Its awesome to have them in garden....they feast on grasshoppers and caterpilars....pest control!!

 

[alp]

@Vishu1708, she IS adorable!! I love praying mantises. Last year, I must have been in the right place at the right time - I found a bunch of baby mantises all over my front porch!!

View attachment 28363


I counted 25 of them, all in one little area; it must have been "Hatching Day."

You have an army here, @MaryMary ! I haven't seen this for a long long time.

When I was young, I loved seeing this

But I haven't seen it for nearly 50 years. I blame this for urbanisation.

 

[MaryMary]

When I was young, I loved seeing this

What is it? I've never seen one of those!! It's pretty...whatever it is!!

 

[Vishu1708]

You have an army here, @MaryMary ! I haven't seen this for a long long time.

When I was young, I loved seeing this

But I haven't seen it for nearly 50 years. I blame this for urbanisation.

Is it some kind of moth?

 

[Logan]

Morning all

 

[alp]

Good morning to you, Logan and others.

@MaryMary and @Vishu1708 It is a planthopper called Lanternfly or lantern bug. I remember it because of it elephant trunk like nose and I have seen a real one., with beautiful wings when they are spread out. Sadly, the village is not home to tower blocks. So it's just a memory now.

 

[alp]

Saw some dead specimens in Tring Museum, a collection by Walter Rothschild. He was brilliant. He had birds of paradise in this collection and we are talking about 1840s .. and thereabouts..

 

[alp]

Now that flowering season is drawing to a close, I would like to share some of my holiday snaps with you.

Isaac Newton was born in this house, Woolsthorpe Manor. and how is this related to gardening.. Have a look and think!

We were near Grantham, Margaret Thatcher's birthplace. I'm not a fan.

Belton House is one of the best National Trust properties in my view. The garden was superb. People playing cricket on the grounds and there was a camaraderie and joie de vivre which were buzzing in the air that day!

A most beautiful orangery!

Lovely parterre in Belton House

This is Geoff Hamilton's garden

The garden is in Rutland, a beautiful place ..

Has Arsenal lost again? They couldn't beat Watford??? Glad that Liverpool drew with Man U.