Beginner Gardening: New property, new challenges, new unknown plants, 5 by montanadolphin

montanadolphin wrote:
I know all about Mantids. I've had them for a few years as pets, starting with my first, Alice. When she died in the fall (as they all do here...even if kept as pets indoors), I cried like I lost a puppy. I even made her a little coffin out of a check box. I know, a little freaky but I don't care. She was one cool bug. She would perch on my shoulder and just sit there. And I could feed her by hand. I'll see if I can find pics and post them. I also made a video of her being hand fed a fly when she was still young...it's on a disc somewhere...I think it's on my FB account too. I'll check. If I find it, I'll post it here before I "send". I've kept praying mantids ever since, from birth to death.


First four pics are of her as a nymph. The last pic is of her dying...I held her till she passed. I know, I know, I'm nuts :P

Here's the link to the video. I added some music to it when I made it LOL. [HYPERLINK@www.facebook.com]