http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/10/10/aliens/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:13:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/10/10/aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-4639 Kate St. John Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:13:54 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=666#comment-4639 Chuck Tague tells me there's an additional problem if you let praying mantises hatch in winter. Mantids are insect-eating insects so if they hatch when there are no other insects to eat, they eat each other. Eeewww! Chuck Tague tells me there’s an additional problem if you let praying mantises hatch in winter. Mantids are insect-eating insects so if they hatch when there are no other insects to eat, they eat each other. Eeewww!

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/10/10/aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-4631 J Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:44:17 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=666#comment-4631 Another interesting and informative post. Your comment about mantis making themselves conspicuous during mating season made me remember a Steelers @ Redskins preseason game a few years ago. Now you might be wondering what a football game could possibly have to do with praying mantids (unless you were watching that game at the right time). During the game the cameras caught site of a fan sitting somewhere in the stands with (no joke) a praying mantis sitting on his hat. The announcers were even talking about it and speculating if the guy even knew it was there. I actually thought it was fake until I saw it move. How it came to be there or what it was doing there is anybodies guess I suppose. Another interesting and informative post. Your comment about mantis making themselves conspicuous during mating season made me remember a Steelers @ Redskins preseason game a few years ago. Now you might be wondering what a football game could possibly have to do with praying mantids (unless you were watching that game at the right time). During the game the cameras caught site of a fan sitting somewhere in the stands with (no joke) a praying mantis sitting on his hat. The announcers were even talking about it and speculating if the guy even knew it was there. I actually thought it was fake until I saw it move. How it came to be there or what it was doing there is anybodies guess I suppose.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/10/10/aliens/comment-page-1/#comment-4624 Linda Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:57:39 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=666#comment-4624 Your post made me smile today. It reminded me of the time my mother brought in bitter sweet to decorate the fireplace mantle. We came home one evening to find a large number of infant praying mantis on our cathedral ceiling. We had to sweep them down and they drove the cats crazy. From that time on, more care was given to bringing the wild outdoors in. Your post made me smile today. It reminded me of the time my mother brought in bitter sweet to decorate the fireplace mantle. We came home one evening to find a large number of infant praying mantis on our cathedral ceiling. We had to sweep them down and they drove the cats crazy. From that time on, more care was given to bringing the wild outdoors in.

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