Mantis

Added on October 21st, 2010 by Stolid | Report Post
Tags:Nature, WTF

This Mantis has been hanging around my front door for about 3 days now. How big do these get in Virginia anyway??

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Demon (#2630)

13 years ago

Finding a Mantis in your yard supposedly brings good luck, as long as you don`t hurt them, of course. Then, may you rot in hell.
Just sayin`.

Puulaahi (#4552)

13 years ago

That second shot in so WIN!

Queensly (#2597)

Reply to Puulaahi

13 years ago

Dis fly right here, I can has. Yes?

dieAntagonista (#)

13 years ago

That is so awesome. God I wish I could meet a mantis. The best I can get is the poor man’s mantis – the grasshopper. Damn recession.

SirNerd (#6796)

13 years ago

That thing is almost cute, in Ohio, if they live long enough, they get slightly bigger than that, i don’t know about Virginia.

RSIxidor (#950)

13 years ago

I have seen them get a bit bigger in Texas, but only if they have a good food source. The spiders and mantes at the water garden store I used to work out got quite a nice diet of grubs and caterpillars and they got pretty freaking big. My coworkers would feed caterpillars to the spiders in the canna. Those were some very happy spiders. The mantes were not as common to find so we did not help them out so much.

Starfire (#)

Reply to RSIxidor

13 years ago

Isn’t everything bigger in Texas, or is that just a story made up by the locals? 😀

LordDoug (#6972)

13 years ago

Just be gentle with them, those front arms can do some damage if they get in a mind to fight back.

Gouki4u (#4388)

13 years ago

Did anyone else read that as “how big do these get in the vagina anyway?” God, I’ve been on the internet too long.

hairy_testicles (#4174)

13 years ago

shes only hanging around because there is lots of food(smaller insects)…6 inches would be about max size(as long as the dollar bill)..its beautiful though…