It seems that anything on the screen within a foot or so is toast. Best hunting just happens to be while I'm enjoying morning coffee.
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Backyard Wildlife
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She's eating for anywhere from 40 to 400 . . .
On a sunflower in our yard today.
What a great image!
Agree with Gary - a great picture!
The mantis has been closing in for an hour and a half. Probably gonna miss breakfast as I'm off to church.
In the SpongeBob announcers voice "Two hours later...."
Nope, something not right with that one, it let it go to continue it's journey up the screen.
In the SpongeBob announcers voice "Two hours later...."
Nope, something not right with that one, it let it go to continue it's journey up the screen.
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I don’t recall seeing one over here before either, but this year I’ve found three at my place.
It didn't take long after letting the big, hardback meal go, that the mantis found a smaller, jucier treat.
I kinda feel like Sir David Attenbourgh on the BBC spying on this fellow for two weeks.
I kinda feel like Sir David Attenbourgh on the BBC spying on this fellow for two weeks.
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I wish we had a praying mantis to watch at our house! We would be fascinated, too!
I usually find several in the yard each year. My cats love to hunt them down and “play” with them. I’m sure the hissing sound they make is part of the entertainment.
Unlike those silly illiterate deer, that cross indiscriminately anywhere they please over the next 7 miles, the ducks use their designated crosswalk:
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Life of the Party
Do they still use deer butt signs in PA. As I recall they came up with the idea of strategically placing illuminating signs of a deer's butt "flagging" (tail up). This was an alert to other deer that danger was on the horizon. I believe it was moderately successful in reducing the number of deer kills.
My flowering dill bed got hammered by aphids but the cleanup crew showed up just in time to save the harvest.
I'm having a bad aphid year. Kale, dill, and hellebore are taking the worst of it
Gary, I’ll trade you some beetles for a loaf of bread!
Deal!Gary, I’ll trade you some beetles for a loaf of bread!