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Old 01-18-2008, 10:48 PM
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Here is an unusual pet...The Orchid Mantis

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Old 01-19-2008, 12:51 AM
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A few more photos beautiful insects...

http://www.microcosmos.org.uk/pics11/large_orchid5.jpg


http://163.17.111.5/Manasystem/Quest...s/pic20356.jpg


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96...c/DSCN1680.jpg
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the praying mantis is stunning ! thank you for sharing this
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Old 01-19-2008, 09:22 AM
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Awesome! ...but I think I'd lose my mind if I found one of them in my orchid room!
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Old 01-19-2008, 03:38 PM
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Orchid watchdog!
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Old 01-19-2008, 04:30 PM
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Holy GuacAHmole!

Those insects are just gorgeous. . .sort of got grossed out with the way the mantis was holding that fly. Gad, it looked like it was drinking a coke! *EEEK*

But I sure wouldn't mind having an orchid watchdog! They're very pretty in pink. lolol
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Old 01-19-2008, 06:03 PM
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I remember in a book they had a picture of one. It was all pink. I loved it. I wouldn't mind having one. I grow mine in the house, though, so they wouldn't get any food.
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Old 10-11-2008, 01:52 AM
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look what we found in our garden today

so small that they are slightly less 1cm each ...

looks like they just hatched from the egg pod... hello, world!

its interesting to note that they are black? and not green like the adults? or is this a "black" species?
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Old 10-11-2008, 06:13 AM
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Such a beautiful insect. A green variety of Praying Mantis used to inhabit my parent's yard when I was a child...Walking Sticks and Leaf Hoppers too. I haven't spotted any in the last several years, probably due to the population explosion of frogs and lizards in Central Florida.
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Old 10-11-2008, 10:42 AM
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What a nice find. The young or nymphs as they are called are born black and often resemble ants. Looks like you have built in pest control.
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