Re: Visitor - Mantis
Yep, I understand about their carnivorous habits but after filming this one for quite a while I feel that they must also enjoy a nectar desert course as well. There's no doubt that it was eating something other than bugs while licking the peristome and lid glands. Vincent - yes I find egg sacks all over the nursery. I find that if I put split bamboo poles stuck into the ground next to plants as stakes, the mantis tend to lay their eggs on them. I often move the whole stake around to somewhere where there is a 'bug problem' before they hatch out.
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