Wild Treasures - 2008 animal find

[hardlucktattoo]

Praying mantis

This little guy Climbed right on my back while I was working in the yard I know these are endangered but I see them all the time

 

[What]

Couple more shots from this month:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am_subverted/2785381743/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am_subverted/2776729205/

 

[Shrike]

This little guy Climbed right on my back while I was working in the yard I know these are endangered but I see them all the time

North American mantids are not endangered. The notion that they are endangered is a persistent myth that is 100% false. Here is a link to the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program:

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

Along these same lines, I recently overheard one colleague informing another that killing a praying mantis will land you fifty dollar fine...nope.

If you know where to look, mantids are actually quite common, which is great, because they are amazing insects.

 

[hardlucktattoo]

North American mantids are not endangered. The notion that they are endangered is a persistent myth that is 100% false. Here is a link to the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program:

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

Along these same lines, I recently overheard one colleague informing another that killing a praying mantis will land you fifty dollar fine...nope.

If you know where to look, mantids are actually quite common, which is great, because they are amazing insects.

yea there is a tobacco field behind my house and I am always running into them

 

[Shrike]

Every try keeping one? Mantids are a blast!

 

[hardlucktattoo]

No I havent cause I was under the impression that they were illegal to keep cause they were endangered Now that I know they arent I just might