I thought it was a piece of grass ...
Aug 11, 2022 20:38:38 #
... on the venetian blind in my shop. It turned out it was alive. in six hours it grew to about 1 1/2 inches. A couple of time I thought it was dead, but when I touched a leg it would move.
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Aug 11, 2022 20:42:49 #
Bill_de wrote:
... on the venetian blind in my shop. It turned out it was alive. in six hours it grew to about 1 1/2 inches. A couple of time I thought it was dead, but when I touched a leg it would move.
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Retired CPO wrote:
Cool photos. I'm glad they aren't 6 feet long!!
Thanks! Maybe if I feed it ...
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Aug 11, 2022 23:45:30 #
Ched49 wrote:
What are you asking what kind of a bug it is? It's a praying mantis
I wasn't asking anything. No ???
Thanks for looking.
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Aug 12, 2022 06:27:52 #
Bill_de wrote:
... on the venetian blind in my shop. It turned out it was alive. in six hours it grew to about 1 1/2 inches. A couple of time I thought it was dead, but when I touched a leg it would move.
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Fantastic set of images!!!
Would have made a fantastic Time lapse set!! say one frame every 3-6 mins.
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tcthome
Loc: NJ
Retired CPO wrote:
Cool photos. I'm glad they aren't 6 feet long!!
That would be cause for a sci-fi film!
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Excellent photos, Bill. We used to buy a carton of live ones at our local garden center to release in the garden to control aphids...they did a good job!! 
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