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[OM] Re: As promised: Bug picture (Parys Mantis) (aka tzahwayeck)

Subject: [OM] Re: As promised: Bug picture (Parys Mantis) (aka tzahwayeck)
From: "Darin" <d.rhein@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 06:22:59 -0700
Wow! I never would have guessed a mantis could kill a hummer like that.

Darin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:12 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: As promised: Bug picture (Parys Mantis) (aka tzahwayeck)


>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Dean Hansen <hanse112@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>     Walt, I'm jealous--Minnesota is too far north to support wild
>> populations of praying mantids (but we do have snow fleas--and you
>> don't).  That is a fine shot.  Wish I had some around to photograph,
>> too.  Earwigs (aghh) have moved north into the state recently (ditto for
>> opposums since about 1965), but still no praying mantids.  Come on,
>> global warming--bring us some praying mantids.  (Hope that doesn't start
>> a thread.)
>
> Saw in this morning's paper that a manatee is swimming in the Hudson 
> River. That's probably a sign of something. Or maybe he (or she) is just a 
> reverse tourist.
>
> --snip--
>>     Great shot!  You would have made a fine entomologist, Walt.
>
> Thanks, but I'd probably have to learn the proper names, though. For some 
> stupid reason, I always thought they were "preying" mantises, or mantids, 
> because they -- well, because they preyed on other bugs. It never occurred 
> to me that the correct word was "praying" because of their posture. True 
> ignorance is being too ignorant to know you're ignorant. :-[
>
> And I found this a while ago, which will cause me to treat this big bug 
> with more respect and not go poking at it in order to get a better shot:
>
> http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyardbirds/hummingbirds/mantis-hummer.aspx
>
> Walt
>
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