
I had a mission to find a Praying Mantis in Valley Forge today. Lots of egg sacks were laid last year at Paulings Farm. I drove there today, walked down into the lower field and searched the tall grasses and voila – There he or she was. Just magnificent.

This past winter I found a praying mantis egg sac in the field at Valley Forge. I brought it home, put it in a paper bag on the windowsill and waited to see if the eggs would hatch. This morning I opened the bag and inside were about 200 pairs of eyes staring back…