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Praying Mantis?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:16 am
by aphrodite
Is this a grasshopper, stick insect or praying mantis? It reminds me of 2 stick insects we had at school called Dull & Boring! He seemed very lethargic and let me pick him up and move to safety from my cats.
Re: Praying Mantis?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:00 am
by cyprusmax47
Praying mantis, Aphrodite
Max
Re: Praying Mantis?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:33 am
by aphrodite
I thought so, thanks Max. I’m gradually getting used to country life and nature around me. I find the insects fascinating, dragon flies, praying mantis, beautiful butterflies etc. I watched a spider spinning a large web and wondered where all that silk comes from. The spider doesn’t live on the web, it’s just there to catch prey. And then there’s the ants, they never stop 'working'!
X
Re: Praying Mantis?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:41 am
by cyprusmax47
aphrodite wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:33 am
I thought so, thanks Max. I’m gradually getting used to country life and nature around me. I find the insects fascinating, dragon flies, praying mantis, beautiful butterflies etc. I watched a spider spinning a large web and wondered where all that silk comes from. The spider doesn’t live on the web, it’s just there to catch prey. And then there’s the ants, they never stop 'working'!
X
While pruning a large shrub which started to make shade on my solar panels this praying mantis was not amused..but I believe it was the same one which I interrupted last Autumn on the same plant when I did the same job.
Max
Re: Praying Mantis?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:42 pm
by aphrodite
Your PM Max is a lovely shade of green. My PM is still on my patio table. He’s alive but he’s either in a trance and having a long nap. If I touch him he’s lively so not injured. Do they hibernate? If so where should a put him for safety? Any ideas?
Re: Praying Mantis?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:01 pm
by smudger
Don't ask me why - I'm fairly well known for retaining useless facts - but are pms not known for becoming fairly catatonic at times???
Re: Praying Mantis?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:25 pm
by cyprusmax47
aphrodite wrote: ↑Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:42 pm
Your PM Max is a lovely shade of green. My PM is still on my patio table. He’s alive but he’s either in a trance and having a long nap. If I touch him he’s lively so not injured. Do they hibernate? If so where should a put him for safety? Any ideas?
I would just put it on a shrub in the garden with a lot of green leaves where it can hide....
Max
Re: Praying Mantis?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:29 pm
by aphrodite
Sadly the praying mantis died.
Re: Praying Mantis?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 12:59 pm
by ApusApus
I have to say it didn't look healthy!
Shane