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Just thought i would share something.
At work i go outside looking for bugs, snakes, frogs, etc. all the time. It blows time and i enjoy it. The other day i found 150 baby toads, a L. variolis and a mantis species i have never seen before.
In the grass was a little mantis about 1" long. It was neon green and had red legs. I have never seen one like this before. It was really cool though. At first i put it on my arm and it immediately wanted off. I kept doing this and letting it crawl on me and then it was hell getting the thing off me. I dont know if it became accustomed to me or what but it made the decision it liked where it was at... my arm. So then i walked inside and got a styrofoam cup to put it in, turns out they do NOT like styrofoam cups, it freaked out. Anyways i got it in the cup and then i let it go later in the woods where it wouldnt be ran over or walked on.
I feel there is probably much more of these around my plant. I will keep looking and trying to find them. I would like to see what the adults look like. This things legs were blood red, it was really pretty.
There is so many species of insects and animals around the shop i work at. The problem is that it was once a garbage dump and then now its a factory area where there is a lot of pollution. They constantly dump phospheric acid outside over the ground, usually around 300-500 gallons of it (which im sure the corn fields, cow pastures, and the fact that people around that area have well water appreciate). I think if i see another one i will keep it and take pictures.
Cheers
At work i go outside looking for bugs, snakes, frogs, etc. all the time. It blows time and i enjoy it. The other day i found 150 baby toads, a L. variolis and a mantis species i have never seen before.
In the grass was a little mantis about 1" long. It was neon green and had red legs. I have never seen one like this before. It was really cool though. At first i put it on my arm and it immediately wanted off. I kept doing this and letting it crawl on me and then it was hell getting the thing off me. I dont know if it became accustomed to me or what but it made the decision it liked where it was at... my arm. So then i walked inside and got a styrofoam cup to put it in, turns out they do NOT like styrofoam cups, it freaked out. Anyways i got it in the cup and then i let it go later in the woods where it wouldnt be ran over or walked on.
I feel there is probably much more of these around my plant. I will keep looking and trying to find them. I would like to see what the adults look like. This things legs were blood red, it was really pretty.
There is so many species of insects and animals around the shop i work at. The problem is that it was once a garbage dump and then now its a factory area where there is a lot of pollution. They constantly dump phospheric acid outside over the ground, usually around 300-500 gallons of it (which im sure the corn fields, cow pastures, and the fact that people around that area have well water appreciate). I think if i see another one i will keep it and take pictures.
Cheers