tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145722222011-04-21T20:31:07.438-07:00Rob H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02571776892571984835noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14572222.post-1121631522281216582005-07-17T13:16:00.000-07:002005-07-17T13:19:51.083-07:00Several weeks ago I bought three mantis egg cases at the local garden shop for about $6 (total), and two of them finally hatched the other day. As seen in the first photo, the egg cases are about the size of a walnut and contain up to 100 eggs each:<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Part%202/mantis1.jpg"><br /><br /><br />I didn't get quite 100 hatchlings, probably closer to sixty, and a number of them got stuck trying to escape the egg case. <br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Part%202/mantis2.jpg"><br /><br />I found a couple of photogenic ones that were good enough to cooperate with me and stay still for a few seconds:<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Part%202/mantis3.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Part%202/mantis5.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Part%202/mantis4.jpg"><br /><br />They've been released in the garden, hopefully I'll be able to find them in a few months when they've grown to 3 to 5 inches so I can take a few more photos.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14572222-112163152228121658?l=mantis42.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rob H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02571776892571984835noreply@blogger.com4