European Invasion

[sporeworld]

Well, it's THAT time of year again. When I can't walk to my office with out being dive-bombed by European mantids!

Three so far - blonde, green and brown - kinda like Charlie's Angels.

Anyhoo, peeps in Southern California should keep their eyes out for these little beasties. They seem to come a few weeks after the Katydids, and about a month before the adult Chinese start buzzing in...

Happy hunting!

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

i wish that were the case here in maryland! <_<

 

[patrickfraser]

I never get anything here.

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

hey sporeworld want to send me some of your european invaders??? haha jk have any pictures of them?

 

[sporeworld]

Oh, man! I could have sent them with your Creos! Doh!

Yeah, I'll post some pics later tonight, or tomorrow. They all look kinda the same, just different colors.

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

hahaha oh man, no bigee. Im going to NC so hoping to get some while there and ok cool.

 

[Malti]

whish they invaded here aswell...anyone find some wild ooth and wants to rehome it...please think of me

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

Of course i will always Malti I only want to catch two sexed pairs so if you want to pay for shipping and i catch enough i could ship you some.

 

[Malti]

i'll gladly pay for shipping the ooths tell me what you get

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

ok sounds good. If i get a bunch of extra adults you can buy those off me for like $15 a pair if you would like.

 

[Malti]

seeing I'm in europe, I don't want to risk adults...thx for the offer just the same

 

[ShieldMantid1997]

ahh makes sense ok

 

[fercho ing]

I also wish an ooth hehehe XD

 

[sppc9876]

Wait I live in Southern California and I haven't seen a darn mantis in 5 years....

 

[hibiscusmile]

love the wild mantis!

 

[sporeworld]

Wait I live in Southern California and I haven't seen a darn mantis in 5 years....

They're all over the place at night. Especially on brick walls with lights shining on them.

If nothing else, every year my staff go to pumpkin patches in the fall, and every year, they bring me back at least one mantis.

 

[Malti]

If nothing else, every year my staff go to pumpkin patches in the fall, and every year, they bring me back at least one mantis.

the one that catches most mantis gets a promotion, he who doesn't catch gets fired :lol: :lol:

j/k

 

[sporeworld]

Har-DE-har!

 

[massaman]

well I am the opposite I am swarmed by chinese mantids but I kind of caused the invasion by hatching around 9 chinese ooths in around june and july but not seeing hundreds but seeing more then europeans as I only seen 1 european mantis and the rest were chinese so guess the chinese are good at another thing and thats mantis armies!