Babies everywhere!!!!!

[sg1trogdor]

Well hes the story. About 6 months ago I found a praying mantis at work me being a geek took it home and kept it as a pet. I had "Larry" for a while and he was doing great until he laid 5 clusters of eggs. lol. Soo larry is a she. ok well sadly larry finally passed and I was left with eggs I put them in a small plastic container with an open top thinking they would never hatch anyways so I put them in th e garage. Well about a month ago I happened to be in the garage and noticed this little tiny Larry in the container and was shocked I had no idea they hatched. WEll thinking that he was either the only survivor or the only one stupid enough not to escape I brought him in my room where he has been living. Well about 20 minutes ago I noticed something walking on my desk and turned on the light to see what it was. TO my surprise it was another larry. When I was trying to capture him/her I found another then another then another. So far I have found about 25. No idea how many i have missed or how many have made it to freedom outside. but this is just weird. All I can say is atleast they are cool bugs. here are a few pics if anyone cares. lol.

[DSGB]

thats pretty cool man. those things scare me. one of the only two animals i am scared of. that and bats. ewww.

[sg1trogdor]

Their mom "Larry" was really cool she would take crickets outta my hand and man she was a eater. Now I know why keep in mind she was named before I knew her sex lol. Cant wait to see some of them grow up I am going to have to separate them soon they are cannibalistic.

[joepythons]

They are some cool little ones .When i was a kid i made wire cage like things and actually had a few females(aka larry's lol) lay some egg sacks.I left them inside then placed them in my garden area and never had any bug problems

[Patrick Long]

yeah they usually have around 100 babies. do you know what species it is? or have a pic of "larry"

[sg1trogdor]

I do have some pics somewhere I will try to find them.

[sg1trogdor]

Well I found the pics but they are on my micro sd card in my phone and I dont have anyway to upload them right now. All I know is Larry was tanish brown. found it in irvine where I work.

[Spaniard]

Did it happen to look like this?



I just happen to have this picture on my photobucket, this one I found in my backyard on a chair.

[sg1trogdor]

no only brownish tan no green and its wings if thats what they are where about a 1/3 that size and were reddish when she would get angry and raise them up.

[AzureN1ght]

Awww...it's like Charlotte.