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[bubforever]

The other day i brought my orchid outside and put it on a bunch of flowers that have tons of bees on them everyday. Well he's usually caught them right away, then i bring him inside as he eats. But that day he decided it would be a good time to test his wings and flew into an oak tree about 20 feet off the ground. Luckly for me i manged to get him down after a few minutes.... he's not goin outside again. Silly sheldon. :wink:

 

[Butterfly]

lol oh man, at least you were able to catch him again. As a non native species he'd have been a nifty dinner for whatever found him, poor little guy.

 

[HempKnight]

I wonder if exotic insects taste better to native animals then just regular insects. I would imagine they would.

 

[Way.Of.The.Mantis]

But they are all part of the same family really, what would be the difference between a plain old grass hopper and any other phasmid or mantid? :lol:

 

[OGIGA]

How did you get it from 20 feet off the ground? Climbing?

 

[Rick]

You didn't know males would fly away? Surprised it hasn't happened yet.

 

[HempKnight]

Well turkey and chicken taste different. They are both birds. I mean if all birds tasted the same I would just kill some crows in my front yard and have dinner. That sounds really red neck but I’m not :wink:

 

[bubforever]

You didn't know males would fly away? Surprised it hasn't happened yet.

no i knew he just really hadn't done it much every time i handled him. And the other times i took him outside and put him on the flowers he didn't fly away. I should have seen it coming though.

 

[bubforever]

How did you get it from 20 feet off the ground? Climbing?

I climbed up and got as close to the mantis as possible then coaxed him into our pool skimmer.

 

[Butterfly]

LOL, I caught one last year that was flying underneath a light kinda the same way. I stood on top of a golf cart, and tried to coax him into a cup. I finally got him too.

 

[athicks]

Lucky to retrive him! Good job!