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| Thread ID: 118126 | 2011-05-20 21:23:00 | Small Panic......... | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1203718 | 2011-05-23 08:16:00 | I've got these - or it could be the same one on different days. | tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1203719 | 2011-05-23 09:43:00 | I've got these - or it could be the same one on different days. Preying mantis |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1203720 | 2011-05-23 09:53:00 | Preying mantis I beg to differ. Praying Mantis I believe. Ex Wikipedia. A colloquial name for the order is "praying mantises", because of the typical "prayer (en.wikipedia.org)-like" stance, although the term is often misspelled as "preying mantis" since mantises are predatory (en.wikipedia.org).[2] (en.wikipedia.org) In Europe (en.wikipedia.org), the name "praying mantis" refers to Mantis religiosa (en.wikipedia.org). The closest relatives of mantises are the orders Isoptera (en.wikipedia.org) (termites) and Blattodea (en.wikipedia.org) (cockroaches), and these three groups together are sometimes ranked as an order rather than a superorder. They are sometimes confused with phasmids (en.wikipedia.org) (stick/leaf insects) and other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (en.wikipedia.org) and crickets (en.wikipedia.org(insect)). |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1203721 | 2011-05-23 10:35:00 | "Blattodea" is just a high falutin' name for the little Blastodes. PS, for the bug it was a "Pretty Big Panic". |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1203722 | 2011-05-23 15:57:00 | I've got these - or it could be the same one on different days . Although recognizable, your pix don't look quite like the mantises we have in the US . The thorax on yours is large and bulbous and ours are more streamlined and thinner:: . wikimedia . org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Tenodera_sinensis_camouflaged . jpg/800px-Tenodera_sinensis_camouflaged . jpg" target="_blank">upload . wikimedia . org . dogbreedinfo . com/images14/PrayingMantisCIMG4508 . JPG" target="_blank">www . dogbreedinfo . com Interesting - I just read the Wiki about them and never realized they were an Old World insect and are prolific in Europe too . So that leads me to think they were accidentally imported to the US and possible Upsidedown Land via shipping and cargo from the first of the trading ships that plied the new lands during the exploration and mapping of the rest of the world . Another interesting tidbit is that they are closely related to cockroaches . Praying Mantis: A colloquial name for the order is "praying mantises", because of the typical "prayer-like" stance, although the term is often misspelled as "preying mantis" since mantises are predatory . [2] In Europe, the name "praying mantis" refers to Mantis religiosa . The closest relatives of mantises are the orders Isoptera (termites) and Blattodea (cockroaches), and these three groups together are sometimes ranked as an order rather than a superorder . They are sometimes confused with phasmids (stick/leaf insects) and other elongated insects such as grasshoppers and crickets . Now I know that cockroaches carry infectious diseases that affect humans and domesticated animals - so by extension, do mantises also? Just a thought . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1203723 | 2011-05-23 21:37:00 | SJ that is a female full of eggs. Yes ours do look like yours when not full of eggs. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1203724 | 2011-05-23 21:48:00 | Some of the bigger , flat black roaches have a strong bad smell as well | Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1203725 | 2011-05-23 21:54:00 | Funny thing I dreamt about cockroaches last night. It was sort of science fiction. There was this thing on the wall and it was making adult cockroaches every 30 seconds. You could watch grow. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1203726 | 2011-05-23 22:03:00 | SJ that is a female full of eggs. Yes ours do look like yours when not full of eggs. :) Yeah, I thought it might be a pregnant one. It was in the house on Sunday (and that picture was taken on April 5 - I think it was still preggas. Bloody funny time of year to be having babies - it's getting cold and it's not a sheep who always seem to drop in the coldest part. It's around quite a lot so I'll have to keep an eye on it. Should I get a birthing pool? |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1203727 | 2011-05-23 23:51:00 | They lay them this time of the year and they hatch in the spring. If I see them hanging around the door to get inside I catch them and put them on a bush away from the house. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
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