ALIENS - with picture proof

uncle stan always was the sorta quiet type....do not take offense, just dont ask him to regale you with his "the last time I was on Kelbus 4" stories....he just goes on, and on, and on...

I've been finding some pretty big ones this year, maybe it's something to do with the dry weather we're having.

catch it and feed it crickets. pretty cool to watch.

Awesome critters- and beneficial. I once got egg pods from them by mail order. Kinda neat

Their eggs taste a little like spotted owl egg. You know,just a hint of manatee

You have to watch those when the get big. They will eat your humming birds and honey bees. I will catch the bigger ones to get them away from my feeders.

Has it requested to be taken to your leader?

With that intelligence, they must posses vastly superior technology. You should flee as well.

That's what he wants you to think. Before you know it he'll give your people some form of alien smallpox and then steal your land. Watch your back.

when they say "friend" they mean "appetizer"....the mantis have a strange and colorful culture....a bit on the macabre side though.

yeah...they were looking for direction back to Iowa....head north until you see a big lake...then hang a left. They were all wearing bibs, strangely enough.

What a freak show you guys are.... all over a praying friggin mantis....and AP is eating the eggs...

OMG, they've gotten to her. Where's Mr. Gamma? You ate him, I just know it.

They say you'll never see the hatch. However, we once got some eggs too and I tied them onto a young cherry tree. One day headed out to get the mail I walked past the tree and was amazed. There were hundreds of those little critters going down the tree and onto the ground. It was an amazing thing to see but when I came back past the tree an hour later they were all gone. Have to be quick.

As for the pictures and the 6" long, I'm not sure I've ever seen one that long but that still has to be the mantis.

I found this walking stick at work this week. Crappy cell pic. I usually find a few there every summer. Pretty remarkable how they have adapted to blend in.