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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 ------------------------------------------------------ I'd rather be waterboarding! |
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"bushite" wrote in message ... 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. |
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bushite said:
Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg pods and raising them for natural insect control. What insects are you trying to control, and where are you trying to control them? [...] -- Eggs A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries. |
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"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... bushite said: Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg pods and raising them for natural insect control. What insects are you trying to control, and where are you trying to control them? [...] -- Eggs A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries. Just general garden insects. I had a couple of them back 10 years ago and I used to hand-feed them. Really cool. |
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"Chas Hurst" wrote in message m... "bushite" wrote in message ... 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? |
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"bushite" wrote in message ... "Chas Hurst" wrote in message m... "bushite" wrote in message ... 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. |
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bushite said:
"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... bushite said: Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg pods and raising them for natural insect control. What insects are you trying to control, and where are you trying to control them? [...] Just general garden insects. I had a couple of them back 10 years ago and I used to hand-feed them. Really cool. So, you're going to train them to stay in your gardens? How many do you think you'll need, to show effective results as "natural insect control"? On the "cool" scale, mantids are right off the chart, but for insect control they're not all that great. Their effect is short-lived, and they target indescriminently (including beneficial insects and even resorting to cannibalism). my $.02 -- Eggs W.I.N.D.O.W.S - Will Install Necessary Drivers, Or Won't Start. |
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"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... bushite said: "Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message ... bushite said: Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg pods and raising them for natural insect control. What insects are you trying to control, and where are you trying to control them? [...] Just general garden insects. I had a couple of them back 10 years ago and I used to hand-feed them. Really cool. So, you're going to train them to stay in your gardens? How many do you think you'll need, to show effective results as "natural insect control"? On the "cool" scale, mantids are right off the chart, but for insect control they're not all that great. Their effect is short-lived, and they target indescriminently (including beneficial insects and even resorting to cannibalism). my $.02 -- Eggs W.I.N.D.O.W.S - Will Install Necessary Drivers, Or Won't Start. Well thanks eggs. Maybe I should do a little more research. They are cool creatures though. |
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"Chas Hurst" wrote in message m... "bushite" wrote in message ... "Chas Hurst" wrote in message m... "bushite" wrote in message ... 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! |
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:38:27 -0400, "bushite"
wrote: "Chas Hurst" wrote in message om... "bushite" wrote in message ... "Chas Hurst" wrote in message m... "bushite" wrote in message ... 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? |
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"bushite" wrote in message ... Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg pods and raising them for natural insect control. get some chickens |
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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.. "KingFish" wrote in message ... "bushite" wrote in message ... Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg pods and raising them for natural insect control. get some chickens |
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dgk said:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:38:27 -0400, "bushite" wrote: "Chas Hurst" wrote in message . com... "bushite" wrote in message ... "Chas Hurst" wrote in message m... "bushite" wrote in message ... 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? There are some that call him..... Tim? -- Eggs -Buy one for the price of two and get the second one free! |
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KingFish wrote:
"bushite" wrote in message ... 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? -- Art |
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Art said:
KingFish wrote: "bushite" wrote in message ... 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 =) -- Eggs To a worm, digging in the hard ground is more relaxing than going fishing. |
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"jimmy" wrote in message ... 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.. "KingFish" wrote in message ... "bushite" wrote in message ... 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! |
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Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Art said: KingFish wrote: "bushite" wrote in message ... 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. |
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on 3/16/2009 8:16 AM (ET) dgk wrote the following:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:38:27 -0400, "bushite" wrote: "Chas Hurst" wrote in message m... "bushite" wrote in message ... "Chas Hurst" wrote in message m... "bushite" wrote in message ... 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? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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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. |
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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? -- Eggs -George Washington's brother was the uncle of our country. |
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