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Published: 2008-05-13 20:52:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 2239; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Just born tiny mantis babies. The local dog park caught on fire a few weeks ago, so I rushed up there and collected three mantis sacks before they burnt in the brush fire. The fire is gone now and I have been releasing these tiny things when they have been ready, and with full bellies. About 600 so far and counting, too bad I cant charge room and board
. They really are amazing insects, and very trusting too, I'll post more macros soon.
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awwwwwww
i just had some hatch ^^ i have pictures.
if you know anything about them can you please let me know. ^^ thanks
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Wow! Praying mantises are probably the only kind of bug I like, but they look really creepy up close!
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reminds me of one christmas morning when we were kids
our tree had one of these pouches hidden within, and on christmas morning they had hatched! wow! not really sure what my parents did, but my brother and i thought it was really cool
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That does sound neat 
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Aren't they just adorable! And fascinating too! An egg sack that I had for almost a month just hatched a bunch of little babies. I wish i could catch them to keep them from running out of the garden, but the containers I have right now have holes they could crawl out of ^^
Anyways, this is a great picture! There are so many of the in such a small area! Did they just hatch here?
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too bad, they are cool to watch and feed. the egg sack hatched in my house and I had about 300 babies in a jar that I let go on the first day, and a couple hundred a few days later. Each egg had about 200 babies in it. I saved about ten for my house, so that I can photograph them, I plan on letting them go soon.
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glad you like it
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Sounds just like you 
They're kind of creepy looking... But cute at the same time. Weird how that works huh.
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thanks, your just jealous
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I am so proud of you
and so grossed out just now!
I've never seen that before.
I think I might have lived without
but I guess I learned something new.
That's always good, right?
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I love them, they are sooo darn cute, they have been eating aphids non stop, I'll post more photos soon
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Ah. I could USE a couple of them on my hibiscus!
I love them when they're grown up
but I hate BIG BUNCHES OF BUGS . . .
no matter what type!
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I bet they would love FL, nice and warm with lots of bugs to eat
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Whoa, now that's something I've never seen before. Great photo!
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that was a wonderful action you did 
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It didnt catch completely on fire thanks to our excelent fire dept. but the area with the mantis sacks was covered in ash for a few days until it rained, I hope that the rest of them are OK
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