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👽 smokey

Last night a baby praying mantis hopped up on my smoking table out back. Took a little while to trust me but once it did it couldn't stop exploring my hands and arms lol. Sure was a cute little green thing. Eventually once the sun set I walked it out to some greenery on the side of the house and let it continue its wierd little praying mantis life.

10 months ago · 👍 superfxchip, oofbar, eightcat, schnouki, astroseneca, corvid

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👽 smokey

@eightcat Thanks for sharing! Thats a nice story (if a bit morbid at the end, lol)

I have a bearded dragon and considered giving it a mealworm but the mantis was a baby and looked too small to really eat one. Maybe I should have though! There are plenty of insects around here to snack on atleast :) · 10 months ago

👽 eightcat

That's awesome! chilling with nature is always a great feeling. Reminds me of when I was a kid and we had a couple 'pet' praying mantises that lived on a potted plant on the porch - I loved catching crickets to feed them. Eventually the (I'm assuming) female killed the male and ate its head though lol, that scarred little kid me · 10 months ago