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Kali

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8. you probably mean 3 egg cases, not single eggs

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Sun Apr 18, 2021, 02:52 PM

Apr 2021

each can hatch our a couple of hundred mantises, of which maybe 20% will make it to adulthood. I have never purchased them but we have them in the yard - especially in grasshopper years. the females will have a very swollen abdomen and the males will be more stick-like. they will learn to drink a drop of water from your finger if you are patient.

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Have you released a praying mantis in your yard ? [View all] In_The_Wind Apr 2021 OP

We hatched praying mantises one year. Quite interesting, while it lasted . . . Journeyman Apr 2021 #1

That is typical of mantises... Rollo Apr 2021 #3

Sounds like the answer is to put the eggs in the neighbors yard. ret5hd Apr 2021 #6

Many years ago.. luvs2sing Apr 2021 #2

Yeah I brought home some "cocoons" once when I was a kid Midnightwalk Apr 2021 #4

Not I, but did 'catch' this, a while ago! elleng Apr 2021 #5

Beautiful. In_The_Wind Apr 2021 #7

you probably mean 3 egg cases, not single eggs Kali Apr 2021 #8

Yes, 3 egg cases. In_The_Wind Apr 2021 #10

If you have hummingbirds GemDigger Apr 2021 #9