PHOTO: Ginormous Praying Mantis on My Living Room Window!

[Brigid]

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How the hell did he get all the way up to the seventh floor?

[Archae]

1. They can fly.

They have wings.

[ohiosmith]

2. Elevator!

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Those things can climb like nobody's business. They can also fly, but not for long distances.

[Downwinder]

4. She.

[Kali]

6. he

[Kali]

5. its a male

you can tame them pretty quickly and they will take other bugs from your fingers and also drink drops of water from your finger as well.

I bet you really liked reading my nature tip, didn't you?

[Denninmi]

7. Yes, they're kind of fun.

I haven't seen one for a couple of years here.

[Kali]

8. I don't know where all of mine have gone

I suspect the damn grasshoppers have eaten them. Supposed top be the other way around!

[Brigid]

9. How can you tell if it's a male or female?

And I can't let it in; I can't open the top of the window and my cats would make short work of it anyway.

[Downwinder]

12. The females are larger.

At this time of year, she probable already killed her mate and is looking for a bush to hang an egg case on.

[Kali]

13. I am pretty sure its a male

look at how narrow the abdomen is

females - especially mature ones - have quite large wide abdomens


pic I took a few years ago (and she may be eating a male I can't quite tell or remember):

[Downwinder]

15. Hard to tell from the picture.

I was judging by the Ginormous description. This far into the season he(?) should have lost his head.

[Kali]

14. cats do like them

see my picture above (below?) for a female

[Downwinder]

11. They also get drunk on beer. Very aggressive drunks.

[Duer 157099]

10. Faith n/t

[HopeHoops]

16. Maybe with a little help from his friend?

"He said he flew up there. I had to fly up to get him down - he was about half crazy."

[KG]

17. !!!

(for obscure song reference)

[Odin2005]

18. COOL!

[ddavis195600]

19. wow, crazy..

pretty cool tho.

[taterguy]

20. No comment from Don Dixon