for the last 2 days i've had a baby praying mantis (about 2" long) living on
the inside of my garage door. he seems healthy and is alive and looks at me
like he saying "why do you keep looking at me dummy". my question is should
i leave him in the garage hoping not to smush him by accident between the
garage door sections when closing them up or do i gently move him to a
section of the shrubs along the house. if i move him, do i move him into
the sunny area or shaded area?

thanks,

mike..........

On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 13:53:55 GMT, "JerseyMike"
wrote:

for the last 2 days i've had a baby praying mantis (about 2" long) living on
the inside of my garage door. he seems healthy and is alive and looks at me
like he saying "why do you keep looking at me dummy". my question is should
i leave him in the garage hoping not to smush him by accident between the
garage door sections when closing them up or do i gently move him to a
section of the shrubs along the house. if i move him, do i move him into
the sunny area or shaded area?

thanks,

mike..........

I've seen several new babies lately - about 1/2" long, and the give
you that same look. They are cool!

I would gently move him outside for 2 reasons. For you to stop worrying
about him and for him to be in his more natural environment. I suspect that
he got trapped in there somehow. Be careful with him as these guys are our
best friends in nature. (And it is illegal in NJ at least to harm them.)
Tomes

"JerseyMike" wrote in message
...
for the last 2 days i've had a baby praying mantis (about 2" long) living
on
the inside of my garage door. he seems healthy and is alive and looks at
me
like he saying "why do you keep looking at me dummy". my question is
should
i leave him in the garage hoping not to smush him by accident between the
garage door sections when closing them up or do i gently move him to a
section of the shrubs along the house. if i move him, do i move him into
the sunny area or shaded area?

thanks,

mike..........

Tomes said:

(And it is illegal in NJ at least to harm them.)

Bullshit. There are no laws in the US about cruelty to *any* insect. None.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.htm
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 04:13:54 -0500, Eggs Zachtly
wrote:

Tomes said:

(And it is illegal in NJ at least to harm them.)

Bullshit. There are no laws in the US about cruelty to *any* insect. None.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.htm

Unfortunately this is correct - at least as of 1999:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.htm

Terry

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On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 04:13:54 -0500, Eggs Zachtly
wrote:

Tomes said:

(And it is illegal in NJ at least to harm them.)

Bullshit. There are no laws in the US about cruelty to *any* insect. None.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.htm

Unfortunately this is correct - at least as of 1999:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.htm

Terry

Well how about that. I learned something here today, confirmed by my own
search of the internet to assuage my disbelief. Thanks for fixing this
thought folks.

It is, I found, the state insect of Connecticut.
http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246504
Tomes

Bullshit. There are no laws in the US about cruelty to *any* insect.
None.

Acutally, that's not correct, there are 61 Federally Protected Insects
(under the Endangered Species act) in the U.S.:

http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/Spec...&listingType=L


Penalties- up to $25,000 FINE & Jail time
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa.html#Lnk11

Other Federally Protected Species- including snails, arachnids, etc:

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/wildlife.html

Budget101.com said:

Bullshit. There are no laws in the US about cruelty to *any* insect.
None.

Acutally, that's not correct, there are 61 Federally Protected Insects
(under the Endangered Species act) in the U.S.:

http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/Spec...&listingType=L

Penalties- up to $25,000 FINE & Jail time
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa.html#Lnk11

Thanks. I don't think I've ever seen any of those species before.

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Eggs

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