Seen my first praying mantis since I moved to PA

[Mikey]

Been waiting 9 years but I finally seen one right outside my front door

Sorry for the lousy picture but what else can you expect from a 15 year old camera

see bottom of pic

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[LonnieFisher]

That's cool!

[Mikey]

That's neat !!!

I remember back in the day when I was in like 7th grade we had a class terrarium.

Out in the woods we found a nest on a dead stick.

We put it in the terrarium for decoration

About a month later we came in to school and there was MILLIONS of little baby praying mantis's all over the classroom

Our teach had us collect them all (without hurting them) and set them free.

Back in the day killing a praying mantis in New Jersey got you a pretty hefty fine

Made me appreciate them little buggers to this day

[LonnieFisher]

I was at the plant section at Target one day and got a huge one in my hair from a hanging plant. I walked around the store for a while before I knew. My hair was really long at the time.

[Mikey]

Weird they're related to cockroaches

[LonnieFisher]

Don't judge them by their relatives! They aren't icky like roaches...

[Nostalgiabuff]

that's funny, I saw the first one in years last weekend too. it was on my windshield while I was driving home from seeing Guardians with the kids. the one on my car was brownish too. I thought they were all green

[EmergencyIan]

Nice pic, Mikey! I like Praying Mantises, too. Though, I can't recall seeing one in a long, long time.

- Ian

[cjefferys]

I had one for a pet for awhile when I was a kid. Very cool looking but those things bit hard, ouch!

[4NDR01D]

when I was little I used to try saving the praying mantis' from kids at school who'd try killing them on the school walls. I'd put them in my pocket. On more than one occasion my mom would find them in my pockets on laundry day. Here's a picture I took 2 summers ago in front of my house.

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I bought a mantis egg sack from Thrashers feed store this year but it never hatched any mantis.

[4NDR01D]

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[J.B.]

Here's a picture I took 2 summers ago in front of my house.

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That's a great shot!

[johnnystorm]

Funny, i saw one this week too. It was on a rack out in the garden center are at WalMart. Do they come out this time of year? That was the first I've seen in a few years. Never seen one in our yard at home.

[Werewolf]

Been waiting 9 years but I finally seen one right outside my front door

Cool. I don't think I've ever seen one that close up.

[MysteryWho]

Beautiful critters. I think the big brown ones are the ladies. Little green men, are, well, men.