I’ve been seeing a lot of Praying Mantids in one of our restored prairies the last week or so. This is the first time I’ve ever seen them in our prairies, they could have been there and I just didn’t notice them. I counted 13 in just one little area yesterday. I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed an uptick in Mantids?
Mine are the Chinese Mantids, not native but still really cool looking and big, 3 to 4 inches long. They are amazing creatures and it’s fun watching them eat, I got a nice video of one eating a grasshopper. CSB
Mine are the Chinese Mantids, not native but still really cool looking and big, 3 to 4 inches long. They are amazing creatures and it’s fun watching them eat, I got a nice video of one eating a grasshopper. CSB
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