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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
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Saw a baby preying mantis :)

I've named her Stacy

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snoons lemmy.ca snoons@lemmy.ca
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Wtf prang mantas

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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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content not dull enough

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
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content not dull enough

While she might be very exciting she is at least a dull shade of gray brown! It looks very pretty on her though :))

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Murse slrpnk.net Murse@slrpnk.net
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Did you know not all praying mantises are the same religion?

 

They're in sects.

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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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Did you know not all praying mantises are the same religion? &nbsp; They're in sects.

sensible chuckle

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printf("%s", name); piefed.blahaj.zone akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Did you try its Wu-Tang style?

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Apathy Tree lemmy.dbzer0.com ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I used to hatch oothica for my local environment. Baby mantids are useless and idk how they stay alive other than cannibalism. They dont have wings until the 5th instar (molt) and then only females get them I think. Until then they are just stationary and starve or something gets close enough. What a dumb survival strategy.

But! They are so fucking chill. They don't mind bing handled, even fully wild ones. They will just move onto your hand and stay there. You can move them around, feed them from tweezers, etc. its honestly worth the slight effort it takes to hatch them to assure you have some around to interact with :)

You are a big moving tree to them, long as you aren't trying to harm them. They don't care about you. But if you feel them bugs often enough they might see you as a big friendly giving tree

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๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐ŸŒ€ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
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Prang Mantas

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Apathy Tree lemmy.dbzer0.com ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Iโ€™ve seen this meme a lot, whatโ€™s it from?

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
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I used to hatch oothica for my local environment. Baby mantids are useless and idk how they stay alive other than cannibalism. They dont have wings until the 5th instar (molt) and then only females get them I think. Until then they are just stationary and starve or something gets close enough. What a dumb survival strategy. But! They are so fucking chill. They don't mind bing handled, even full...

THATS SO COOL. Guess I'm picking one up next time I see one, they're so cute ๐Ÿฅน

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
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Prang Mantas

PRANG MANTAS

Every time I see your name and profile pic I think to myself they have a cool look to them

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
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Did you try its Wu-Tang style?

Theres a mantis wu-tang style?

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
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Did you know not all praying mantises are the same religion? &nbsp; They're in sects.

Booooo (thank you โค๏ธ lol)

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
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Wtf prang mantas

Yes the fuck PRANG MANTAS

And a very cute one at that

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