On our last trip to the hardware store, we decided to pick up some ornamental grasses. One was a purple society garlic... decorative, yet edible.
I tipped the plant upside down and began tapping and shaking it to loosen the pot from the roots, and out tumbled some baby praying mantises! Or preying mantii? Anyway, I was very delighted to find them, and placed each one in a different spot in the garden... distance helps keep them from eating each other. Luckily for them, I already have aphids and thrip everywhere, so they will have full bellies in this predator's paradise.
I've hatched a mantis ootheca once before, so I could tell that these babies were only about 2 days old.
Happy bug-eating, little guy!
I tipped the plant upside down and began tapping and shaking it to loosen the pot from the roots, and out tumbled some baby praying mantises! Or preying mantii? Anyway, I was very delighted to find them, and placed each one in a different spot in the garden... distance helps keep them from eating each other. Luckily for them, I already have aphids and thrip everywhere, so they will have full bellies in this predator's paradise.
These leaves are about 1/4th of an inch wide.
I've hatched a mantis ootheca once before, so I could tell that these babies were only about 2 days old.
Happy bug-eating, little guy!
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