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<blockquote data-quote="calvindoyl" data-source="post: 256160" data-attributes="member: 7408"><p>Hello from Indiana!</p><p></p><p>So as a kid, I wanted to be an entomologist. I still have a RIDICULOUS amount of (now) useless knowledge about insects, and am in school for CompSci</p><p></p><p>My story:</p><p></p><p>Was pulling out of a gas station and my girlfriend asked me to stop in the parking lot to do her makeup.</p><p></p><p>Irritated, I look at my windshield wipers and see, of all things, a weird mantis chilling there.</p><p></p><p>I'd seen many mantids (chinese mostly) in my life, all of which I thought were awesome, but this one was new.. shorter and mottled, and I had to know what it was.</p><p></p><p>After a minute of thought, I developed a radically different new technique for catching mantids, involving a paper McDonald's bag and lightning-fast reflexes. Employing this technique, I captured this mantis, and now have it stored in a 10 gallon at my place.</p><p></p><p>This took some convincing... I had to show my girlfriend videos of an orchid mantis, devils flower mantis, and some other very colorful purplish-pinkish things before she allowed it.... so now I'm here, looking for other species to add to my collection and satisfy my girlfriend's curiousity...</p><p></p><p>Hello <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="calvindoyl, post: 256160, member: 7408"] Hello from Indiana! So as a kid, I wanted to be an entomologist. I still have a RIDICULOUS amount of (now) useless knowledge about insects, and am in school for CompSci My story: Was pulling out of a gas station and my girlfriend asked me to stop in the parking lot to do her makeup. Irritated, I look at my windshield wipers and see, of all things, a weird mantis chilling there. I'd seen many mantids (chinese mostly) in my life, all of which I thought were awesome, but this one was new.. shorter and mottled, and I had to know what it was. After a minute of thought, I developed a radically different new technique for catching mantids, involving a paper McDonald's bag and lightning-fast reflexes. Employing this technique, I captured this mantis, and now have it stored in a 10 gallon at my place. This took some convincing... I had to show my girlfriend videos of an orchid mantis, devils flower mantis, and some other very colorful purplish-pinkish things before she allowed it.... so now I'm here, looking for other species to add to my collection and satisfy my girlfriend's curiousity... Hello :) [/QUOTE]
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