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drumin
08-01-2006, 09:01 AM
Found this guy (or girl) on my plant this morning. :kewl: I hope it snatches whatever has been chewing on my leaves!
http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5246&stc=1&d=1154444323
http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5247&stc=1&d=1154444323
http://www.homegrownbud.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5248&stc=1&d=1154444323
Stayin'Sane
08-01-2006, 09:19 AM
what a cool critter!!! looks like some kind of mantis or stick insect. Are they eating your leaves or just hanging around blending in?
Praying mantis (http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/mantids/praying/)
drumin
08-01-2006, 10:06 AM
:winneris: CB!!! :crazydan:
They :eat: other bugs. :gthumb:
gorilla
08-01-2006, 11:16 AM
Nice drumin. i love praying mantis'.
curious. it's illegal to kill them where I live, is it like that everywhere?
buzzmobile
08-01-2006, 01:54 PM
Nice drumin. i love praying mantis'.
curious. it's illegal to kill them where I live, is it like that everywhere?
It's not like that anywhere. Sorry. Urban legend. (http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/mantis2.htm)
RedEyezzzzz
08-02-2006, 07:56 PM
So, kill away! :D
Just some "useless tidbits of info" for you guys. ;)
The praying mantis has historically been a popular subject of mythology and folklore. In France, people believed a praying mantis would point a lost child home. In Arabic and Turkish cultures, a mantis was thought to point toward Mecca. In Africa, the mantis was thought to brink good luck to whomever it landed on and even restore life to the dead. In the U.S. they were thought to blind men and kill horses. Europeans believed they were highly worshipful to god since they always seemed to be praying. In China, nothing cured bedwetting better than roasted mantis eggs
LINK (http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f02/web1/mdoughty.html)
gorilla
08-03-2006, 03:47 PM
ROFL buzz!
hit home more than you know.
thanks for that.