We have a whole field full of milkweed and were astonished that a friend
ordered and paid for some to plant in her yard! We have seen very, very
few Monarchs for the last couple of years, though :-(
Tina
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > I ordered some praying mantis egg cases from Amazon. Four arrived and I
> > put them in a canning jar in the kitchen with a seed sprouter lid on it.
> > It was supposed to take about 4 weeks for them to hatch but after 3
> weeks,
> > I came in the kitchen to find tiny praying mantises everywhere! One of
> the
> > cases had hatched and the babies were small enough to get through the
> lid!
> > I gathered up as many as I could find and the other three cases and took
> > them to the garden. Here is one escaping from the canning jar:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/156145345
> >
> >
> >
> Cool! I love mantises (mantii?). Once I get more plants going in our
> courtyard, I'd be tempted to order some as well.
>
> We let the milkweeds grow wild in our courtyard for a couple of years in
> hopes of attracting Monarchs, but the dwindling global population meant
> that nobody wanted to hang out at our house....
>
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