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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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 Posted - May 04 2024 : 4:34:20 PM
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The weather here has been so crazy, snowy, one day, hot, the next hail, and then rain,
The weather here has been so crazy, snowy, one day, hot the next hail, and then rain,
my poor, praying mantis don’t know what to do!
A couple of my praying mantis have hatched, but I have not found them anywhere in my garden. The other praying mantis cocoons are still intact. But on the plus side, I do have some honeybees out and about in the dandelions out in the back pasture. That makes me happy.
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Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6534 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - May 05 2024 : 10:50:29 AM
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Grace, I have never seen a praying mantis cocoon. That is very interesting and unique. I am happy that the bees are showing up and maybe the weather will calm down as May continues onward to the summer season.
We are having lots of Monarch butterflies again this year and they are laying eggs on the Mild Weed and the caterpillars are growing fat and fat . So far, they have eaten down 2 barrels of Milk weed and we have 3 more growing. We can hardly keep up!!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17075 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17075 Posts |
Posted - May 05 2024 : 2:11:41 PM
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RTG,, I so miss the Monarchs that made their main voyage-stop over in Santa Barbara.. They were so awesome to see..(back when I lived in Ventura CO, CA)
We are still a month out before any butterflies cone to visit our gardens here...
Soon as my flowering Quince blooms/blossoms, we will have tons of all kinds of bees and 'flutterbys'...
I can hardly wait for the praying mantis to hatch,,,
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Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
6771 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
6771 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2024 : 12:02:48 PM
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Grace, every year I find a couple praying mantis eggs, but this year I haven't found any. Hopefully some will venture back into our yard.
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
4954 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
4954 Posts |
Posted - May 06 2024 : 6:01:31 PM
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This is so exciting!
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17075 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17075 Posts |
Posted - May 07 2024 : 11:56:49 AM
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I keep checking on them.. it rained like the dickens yesterday but by the end of this week, we are supposed to get warm sunny weather. So if we get a full week of sun and warmth, they’ll be hatching unfortunately I’m pretty much just with dandelions some small grape hyacinths and tulips that are blooming right now hopefully that’ll be enough for my praying mantis to snack the ants or gnats until the other plants and insects show up.
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
4954 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
4954 Posts |
Posted - May 07 2024 : 1:51:06 PM
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I'm staying tuned!
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Nancy Joplin
True Blue Farmgirl
184 Posts
Nancy
Ontario
California
USA
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Posted - May 07 2024 : 4:52:18 PM
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Praying mantis are so neat! We have located a couple of them in our garden and are waiting, too! Can't wait for them!
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
6771 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 08 2024 : 1:24:07 PM
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Grace, have you ever watched them hatch?
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