My Grandpa's Garden - Latest comments on Charlotte the Mantis

Tim Balogh [Visitor] in response to: Charlotte the Mantis

Tim Balogh [Visitor] — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:44:16 +0000

Once in a while these very graceful bugs do invade our space, here on Gabriola Island, off the coast of British Columbia. Usually, if it's indoors, my daughter, Hedgehog, runs for a wide mouth glass and a stiff envelope and it's up to me to carefully trap the mantis under the glass and slip the envelope in between the wall or the window and the mouth of the glass. Then the insect gets transported outside. If I spot one in the garden, I am grateful that some of the harmful insects are being taken care of. I wonder who the mantis is praying to? Or is it preying?

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Tim, Sara, and the kids

Aiyana [Visitor] in response to: Charlotte the Mantis

Aiyana [Visitor] — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:54:06 +0000

Hi,
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Cottage Smallholder [Visitor] in response to: Charlotte the Mantis

Cottage Smallholder [Visitor] — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:07:04 +0000

What an elegant Mantis! We don't have these in the UK. They seem quite a useful bug to have around.