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Years ago when my one son was a teenager he became very interested in
insects. One year he found a mantis and made a terrarium for it..The
mantix flourished better there than outdoors, they are amazing creatures.
Nothing place in the tank with them had any chance of surviving, their
strike is as fast or faster than that of a snake trying to get its prey.
They just take it out of the air and start eating whatever they have
alive...crunch crunch...I am sure they do damage to bees, however they can
eat all the flies they want as far as I'm concerned..kept it for a while,
fattened it up and let it go..quite an experience..
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"bushite" wrote in message
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Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some
egg pods and raising them for natural insect control.

get some chickens




Cool!

Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Art said:

KingFish wrote:
"bushite" wrote in message
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Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg
pods and raising them for natural insect control.
get some chickens

Do mantis eat chicken too?

I've seen video of one catching a hummingbird (a mantis, not a chicken).
Wickedly cool. The hummingbird died, apparently from a massive stroke.
Big-ass mantis, too! Looked to be 8-10". Wish I could remember which
channel that was on...

Damn. HD rox, lol =)
I tired to catch a monster of a Praying Mantis many years ago. It was
vibrant green and the biggest one I've ever seen. It was well over 6
inches maybe double in length. It was in a customers yard. I tried to
grab it and before I could blink it reversed and bit me. It hurt like
hell and bled some.
I've seen plenty I thought were large but I have never seen one again
that approached it's size.

on 3/16/2009 8:16 AM (ET) dgk wrote the following:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:38:27 -0400, "bushite"
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Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some
egg pods and raising them for natural insect control.

Thanks

Raise them? You mean give them names and take them for walks in the
park?
The little buggers are hatched out hungry and will eat each other if
nothing else is handy.


I may name them. Why? You got a problem with that?

Whoa, I got no problems with a tough guy raising praying mantises. Let us
know what you name them.


Roger that!


What kind of name is Roger for a Praying Mantis?


Wasn't Roger Mantis a NY Yankee star back in the 60s?

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In article ,
willshak wrote:

Wasn't Roger Mantis a NY Yankee star back in the 60s?

He was the first to bring the * to the season Home Run record.
Almost cute now that we were all worried about a couple of extra games
to get to the record in light of the hooha surrounding those who "beat"
him.

Kurt Ullman said:

In article ,
willshak wrote:

Wasn't Roger Mantis a NY Yankee star back in the 60s?

He was the first to bring the * to the season Home Run record.
Almost cute now that we were all worried about a couple of extra games
to get to the record in light of the hooha surrounding those who "beat"
him.

umm... That was Roger Maris, *not* Roger Mantis.

A little uptight about the homerun thing, are you?
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-George Washington's brother was the uncle of our country.