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The Lovely Lacewing and Other Recent Favorites
Lacewing Beetle Blue Faced Dragonfly It’s so wonderful to walk the fields of Valley Forge this time of year. The bugs are bigger and more fully beautiful. The Lady Praying Mantis
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From Beginning to End
I came across a large probably female praying mantis in the bog in Charlestown Meadows just as she was finishing a little skipper butterfly. In front of her was a little wildflower with an inchworm exploring the flower. The mantis finished her butterfly, hunched over the flower, grabbed the inchworm in a flash, ate…
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Our Baby Praying Mantis
This little beauty was born in a pot of flowers at the front of our driveway about six weeks ago. We recently put in a new garden and relocated that pot of flowers to the front porch. Unless this is another baby altogether, I think she jumped out of the pot and is now…
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The Baby Praying Mantis!!
I found a wild baby praying mantis in the bog at Charlestown Meadows!!! That means he must have lots of brothers and sisters. How good is that!!!
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Too Soon
For Christmas this year I gave each of Tom’s three grandchildren a little praying mantis egg sack. This morning we got a call that one of the sacks had come alive and a whole lot of babies had emerged. It is only February 2!! Way too early. I rushed around and found a little…
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The Ootheca
I have always wanted to find a praying mantis as she is laying her egg sack. Today I got lucky. I was watching a mating pair (for over an hour) hoping to see what would actually happen at the end. I was waiting so long, I started looking around and right behind me was…
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Pure Joy for a Bug Lover
I know where all the praying mantises hang out in Valley Forge. But also, I have to be patient because it takes all summer for them to grow up and become that much more visible. Yesterday was PURE JOY. I went to my secret garden and within five minutes found a couple in all…
