baby mantis

[brandonh]

i found these little guys hunting snakes today, to me i think there one of the coolest bugs out there i just love them :]
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk243/Brandon1001_photos/SAM_4293.jpg
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http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk243/Brandon1001_photos/SAM_4296.jpg

[alessia55]

They're tiny! How do you even find them? are your purposely crawling on the floor looking in the grass? :p

[brandonh]

lol there was a couple big rocks and i was looking close for snakes to be laying along them and i saw one move and bent over next thing you no there is 3-4 of them running around

[KSTAR]

those little guys are great!

[BarelyBreathing]

Adorable!!!!

[brandonh]

they are the greatest little critters :)

[GarterPython]

They are by far my favorite bug. I wanted to get one so bad and I was actually planning to get one until someone reminded me that they are illegal in Canada

[brandonh]

aw why is such a awesome bug like this illegal in Canada ?!

[snake man12]

Because their government is afraid that people will kill them because I believe they are a threatened species

[brandonh]

at one time here in PA they were on the threatened species list also how ever if they are still on there i do not know i have not check in a while

[snake man12]

I'm also in pa and last time I did some research and they are still on the threatened species list

[brandonh]

thanks for the info , maybe some day these little guys will be back up in the numbers that they should be in :]