BilletHead Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 Walking around the yard today I came upon this rather large praying mantis and decided to get her portrait. She was fat laden with eggs. I felt sorry for her mate that she consumed after he got lucky. After a bit of coaxing i got Mrs. BilletHead to model the mantis, BilletHead dan hufferd, Johnsfolly, JUNGLE JIM 1 and 7 others 10 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Terrierman Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 So the guy preying mantis was at the bar having a few. Bartender asked if he wanted another. Guy preying mantis says sure why not, my wife's gonna eat my head off when I get home regardless. Johnsfolly, BilletHead, trythisonemv and 7 others 2 8
Flysmallie Posted October 21, 2018 Posted October 21, 2018 I hate those things. Usually see some around the house but haven’t seen any this year. JestersHK, Johnsfolly and Deadstream 3
Johnsfolly Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 50 minutes ago, Flysmallie said: I hate those things. Usually see some around the house but haven’t seen any this year. What an innocent looking killing machine Daryk Campbell Sr, trythisonemv and Flysmallie 2 1
jdmidwest Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 They make nice pets. Deadstream 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Johnsfolly Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 10 hours ago, jdmidwest said: They make nice pets. The farm where we get our Christmas trees must be full of them. Seems like at least every other year or two we will have one or more egg masses in the tree when we get it home. If you have learned anything about our family and my youngest that means that we will put the egg mass(es) in a jar and cover it with cheesecloth. It will stay in the house for a while until it gets warm outside. Then it will go outside placed so that it is out of the rain. More often than not come late spring there will be tens of little preying mantis ready to be released. Last year they got released into the tomato plants on the deck. Daryk Campbell Sr and BilletHead 2
Flysmallie Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said: Last year they got released into the tomato plants on the deck. And it was a blood bath. Johnsfolly 1
fishinwrench Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 I had one on my desk the other day, and when I picked him/her up to throw it outside it jerked around and made a squeaking noise. Kinda freaked me out, so the release wasn't near as gentle as I had originally intended. 😆 Daryk Campbell Sr and tho1mas 1 1
Flysmallie Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 18 minutes ago, fishinwrench said: I had one on my desk the other day, and when I picked him/her up to throw it outside it jerked around and made a squeaking noise. Kinda freaked me out, so the release wasn't near as gentle as I had originally intended. 😆 I was attacked by one while pumping gas several years ago. It wasn't one of my finer moments. gurzik, fishinwrench, snagged in outlet 3 and 2 others 5
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