Ntsees
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Kingman, Arizona. Although I've never lived in Arizona, I've been to Arizona and it's hot. The winters are probably warm enough to keep the adults going.
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Coneja
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Why do I get the feeling that you've done this before?Want to make friends fast?
Make a "FOUND - Mantis of unknown species" listing in your newspaper and make posters. Put them ALL over the neighborhood and knock on doors with the little guy on your wrist. Fast friends? Maybe... Weird looks? Guarenteed! (And very sad if someone says it belongs to them and you have to give Skittles up. On second thought, how about just posting your phone number and asking them to tell you the color, instar, species, etc?)
ladygigi
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In some areas that is true, especially Yuma and Phoenix. Yuma for example, even in the winter, never gets much below 60 to 65 degrees F. The problem though there in Yuma is that it is almost extensively desert. That provides for some very different species of mantids. However, here, in Kingman this winter just past, we had what was referred to as a "hard freeze" because it was in the 20's for more than 10 days in a row. It broke quite a few records. Thus, I am not expecting to see the mantis population this summer that I saw last year.
P.S. I just moved here to Kingman a little over a year ago. You're not gonna believe where I moved from. Yup, Fresno. . . PM me.
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ladygigi
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Want to make friends fast?
Make a "FOUND - Mantis of unknown species" listing in your newspaper and make posters. Put them ALL over the neighborhood and knock on doors with the little guy on your wrist. Fast friends? Maybe... Weird looks? Guarenteed! (And very sad if someone says it belongs to them and you have to give Skittles up. On second thought, how about just posting your phone number and asking them to tell you the color, instar, species, etc?
:clown:Why do I get the feeling that you've done this before?
ScienceGirl
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Oh, I haven't! I'm just very creative like that.Why do I get the feeling that you've done this before?
(don't forget to tell them that it isn't their mantis after all, once they've given you all the info! Jk, jk.
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mantiseater
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Adult male minor ground mantis.
Extrememantid
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L. Minor? Or maybe another species of ground mantis?
