Check out what my son found!

CowhorseGal · 06-15-2009, 03:41 PM

My 6 year old, Wyatt, is a future "bugologist"

He finds some pretty interesting things.. overly large house spiders and stink beetles are his favorite

and he is pretty well versed in what he can pick and what to leave alone.. i.e. black widows, wasps, etc..

But he brought this in today..
I have never seen one this small! it is on his finger and can't be more than a half inch long

Dakota1 · 06-15-2009, 03:51 PM

Ewwww...preying mantis' creep me out....the little itty bitty babies like that one are kinda cute though....I guess....if they stay away from me.

tuffsmom · 06-15-2009, 03:52 PM

Those are so cool.

canteringkids · 06-15-2009, 04:12 PM

Aww! They are the coolest bugs!

We hatched an egg sack full of mantids this spring - they were the size of mosquitoes when they were born.

jjsimsez · 06-15-2009, 04:29 PM

i love praying mantis's.they are one of the few bugs ill willingly touch.they are so smart.for a bug.lol.they will turn their head and look at you.we also hatched an egg sack one year.we waited so very long.then the one time my son decides to spend the night at papa's house,thats when they hatched.

pasomystic · 06-15-2009, 10:08 PM

Great bug--make good short term pets! I still like to feed them.

PaintedHorses · 06-17-2009, 05:37 AM

Very cool, The praying mantis is by far my favorite bug! Not that thats a really big list.

breburtch · 06-17-2009, 05:44 AM

aww a baby praying mantis.

farmergal · 06-17-2009, 06:18 AM

Awesome bug you got there Wyatt!!! I've been seeing the lady bug larvae around here they are so UGLY

hard to believe they can grow to be such cool looking bugs. Do you get lightening bugs where you live? They are lighting up the sky here. I don't like spiders unless it's a daddy long leg. Now those are cool!

I've been finding grubs in my garden. Yuck! I hear they are good for fishing. I know my goldfish and my chickens like to eat them. hehe!

If you find anymore cool looking bugs be sure to share. Is mom going to let you keep the praying mantis?

amwrider · 06-22-2009, 12:06 AM

Awww, that is so cute.

I hatched out an egg sack of mantis babies when I was young too. I waited and waited and after they hatched, I took them to school to show the class. They were not as impressed or enthralled as I was, LOL.

The mantisis we have here in FL are skinny, brown and look more like walking sticks than mantises. I miss the big green guys we had in TN.

Range · 06-22-2009, 10:03 AM

Baby! I like to see them find a place and grow up. I, too, like to feed them. There's nothing as satisfying as watching a mantis eat a grasshopper!

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CowhorseGal Long Yearling Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,198	Check out what my son found! My 6 year old, Wyatt, is a future "bugologist" He finds some pretty interesting things.. overly large house spiders and stink beetles are his favorite and he is pretty well versed in what he can pick and what to leave alone.. i.e. black widows, wasps, etc.. But he brought this in today.. I have never seen one this small! it is on his finger and can't be more than a half inch long __________________ Quality Peformance horses with foundation breeding http://blackcanyonpaints.webs.com/

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Dakota1 Newborn Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WA State Posts: 28	Ewwww...preying mantis' creep me out....the little itty bitty babies like that one are kinda cute though....I guess....if they stay away from me. __________________ I've spent most of my life riding horses. The rest I've just wasted. ~Anonymous

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tuffsmom Kid Safe Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 5,987	Those are so cool. __________________ www.skarabians.com

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canteringkids Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Summerville, SC Posts: 480	Aww! They are the coolest bugs! We hatched an egg sack full of mantids this spring - they were the size of mosquitoes when they were born.

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jjsimsez Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: indiana Posts: 948	i love praying mantis's.they are one of the few bugs ill willingly touch.they are so smart.for a bug.lol.they will turn their head and look at you.we also hatched an egg sack one year.we waited so very long.then the one time my son decides to spend the night at papa's house,thats when they hatched.

06-15-2009, 10:08 PM
pasomystic Coming two Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Alberta Posts: 1,972	Great bug--make good short term pets! I still like to feed them. __________________ We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are.

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PaintedHorses Halter broke Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: F.O.B. Gary Owen, Iraq Posts: 129	Very cool, The praying mantis is by far my favorite bug! Not that thats a really big list. __________________ Ride- and never worry about the fall.

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06-17-2009, 06:18 AM
farmergal Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Posts: 6,311	Awesome bug you got there Wyatt!!! I've been seeing the lady bug larvae around here they are so UGLY hard to believe they can grow to be such cool looking bugs. Do you get lightening bugs where you live? They are lighting up the sky here. I don't like spiders unless it's a daddy long leg. Now those are cool! I've been finding grubs in my garden. Yuck! I hear they are good for fishing. I know my goldfish and my chickens like to eat them. hehe! If you find anymore cool looking bugs be sure to share. Is mom going to let you keep the praying mantis? __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiHKOLiCG4

06-22-2009, 12:06 AM
amwrider Halter broke Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 63	Awww, that is so cute. I hatched out an egg sack of mantis babies when I was young too. I waited and waited and after they hatched, I took them to school to show the class. They were not as impressed or enthralled as I was, LOL. The mantisis we have here in FL are skinny, brown and look more like walking sticks than mantises. I miss the big green guys we had in TN.

06-22-2009, 10:03 AM
Range Kid Safe Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Back of Beyond Posts: 6,937	Baby! I like to see them find a place and grow up. I, too, like to feed them. There's nothing as satisfying as watching a mantis eat a grasshopper! __________________ "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it all... you just might get it all, and then some you don't want." Chris Daughtery www.goatsandsoaps.com for all your Boer goat and bath soap needs.