tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793140192173953553.post5598890798182216323..comments2023-10-23T14:14:25.844-05:00Comments on Vert: More Visitors in My Yardvertiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12199391563643437871noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793140192173953553.post-44067963007574518902008-10-20T21:43:00.000-05:002008-10-20T21:43:00.000-05:00Vert, Great photo and info (which I really like- h...Vert, Great photo and info (which I really like- honestly)on the mantis. I have never seen one in my garden... a stick bug yes, which I think is in the same family. Of course stick bug is not even an official name. Your skipper I believe is of the dusky wing sort... they are hard to identify and there are so many of them.Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793140192173953553.post-10088193546683260732008-10-17T20:20:00.000-05:002008-10-17T20:20:00.000-05:00You got good photos of the bony green guys - and i...You got good photos of the bony green guys - and if two of them get busy I hope you and your camera will be there to report, Vert. <BR/><BR/>Don't worry about turning me to the dark side - I can remember smuggling a book about insects and beehives into my desk in 5th grade so I could read it when the teacher got too boring. Nature is no kinder to male drone bees than to male mantises. <BR/><BR/>Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793140192173953553.post-56544678199726317902008-10-15T14:33:00.000-05:002008-10-15T14:33:00.000-05:00vert, Which was worse the narrator or the eerie e...vert, Which was worse the narrator or the eerie eating of mate! Yikes!<BR/><BR/>Keep up the insect posts...I love learning. The mantis surely looks like some creature in a horror movie.<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793140192173953553.post-16898508277690630902008-10-15T12:37:00.000-05:002008-10-15T12:37:00.000-05:00Holy cow, that video was awful. I literally shive...Holy cow, that video was awful. I literally shivered while watching it. Thanks, my crazy insect lady friend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029244567686979589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793140192173953553.post-13041117975859407012008-10-14T20:18:00.000-05:002008-10-14T20:18:00.000-05:00Everyone is talking squirrels! Be wary of taking a...Everyone is talking squirrels! Be wary of taking a mantis egg case into the house on a plant. I had one on a citrus last year and they hatched out and were running all over the place. They are minute replicas of the adult. I was trying to get them onto paper and take them outside. Some were already caught up in spiders webs. Then the first one out ate the second one- or so I read.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793140192173953553.post-87492805271087732262008-10-14T07:13:00.000-05:002008-10-14T07:13:00.000-05:00Perhaps your ISP would be more comfortable with th...Perhaps your ISP would be more comfortable with the <A HREF="http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/05/green-porno-sta.html" REL="nofollow">Isabella Rossellini</A> films on mantises.<BR/><BR/>I think it's sad that the observation of natural phenomenom should in any way be interpreted as material unsuitable for children. I'm glad MY third-grade teacher wasn't squeamish--and I was taught by nuns!<BR/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com