My Daughter Found A Baby... - Topic

onepagememory

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#21

Jun 27 2011 12:32am

Quote (Chantal7 @ Jun 26 2011 11:31pm)

That's about all you got - ahaha :lol:

Ok - I'm sorry Marie . I don't want to spam your topic. This is my last post here unless it's about your photo's posted

That's not all I got.

i will bet all of my fg that this will not be her last spam post.

<333333 u marie.

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Jun 27 2011 05:13am

Quote (Chantal7 @ 27 Jun 2011 00:24)

I read the topic title and I thought your daughter literally found a baby, a human baby,. Then I opened it up :rofl:

and it's one of these cool bugs!

The image you don't like the quality on I think is the best one ! He's angled there perfectly looking at you. The noise isn't really in the subject but more in the background blur, doesn't bother me none.

I has questions!

Do these bugs bite? Are they harmless? I have never seen one in real life before.

haha funny!
No they don't bite at all!! But that little 8 mm critter can run!!!!
Very hard to keep them still enough to focus and press the button on the camera!
It is funny cause it stands just like a mosquito, but runs like a spider, even if it only has 4 'running legs'.
The 2 front legs are more like 'arms' that it uses to catch its prey and eat it.

Quote (kratos @ 26 Jun 2011 11:46)

They also eat hummingbirds. :cry:

DO they really?

The biggest mantis I've seen here is about 7 cm long (about 2 inches)... not quite big enough to get a hummingbird?

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Jun 27 2011 06:51am

Quote (MotherOfTwo @ Jun 27 2011 05:13am)

The biggest mantis I've seen here is about 7 cm long (about 2 inches)... not quite big enough to get a hummingbird?

that's pretty cool! I'd like to see one someday. Where do you normally find them?

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Jun 27 2011 06:55am

Quote (Chantal7 @ 27 Jun 2011 08:51)

that's pretty cool! I'd like to see one someday. Where do you normally find them?

I have no idea!!!!
Ask my daughter!! :lol:

SHe said she found that one near the old pile of wood not far from the garage... and I have seen adult ones near the garden...
It's lucky for me if I see one, cause it'S not like a butterfly, one passes by and everyone sees it!
Mantis are quite discreet

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Jun 27 2011 06:57am

Quote (MotherOfTwo @ Jun 27 2011 06:55am)

I have no idea!!!!
Ask my daughter!! :lol:

Haha that's pretty cool.

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Jun 27 2011 08:20pm

Quote (MotherOfTwo @ Jun 27 2011 06:13am)

The biggest mantis I've seen here is about 7 cm long (about 2 inches)... not quite big enough to get a hummingbird?

I've seen a few around my house in my life, but none recently.

And yes, they do eat hummingbirds, or they can anyway. After they grow to about 5 to 6 inches they will sit around on the stems of plants and while the hummingbird is hovering by eating the mantis will grab it and kill it.

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