Saw my first praying mantis irl

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First ever? That means you are in a nice area.

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Why's that, do they usually live in the ghetto?

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No.

Anecdotally: No, praying mantis can’t really exist in cities. They need like woods to support their lifestyle.

It’s like firefly’s.

Or maybe I just don’t have enough experience in urban places.

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I saw my very first fireflies earlier this year. We don't get them here.

[–]twolanterns 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

ive seen them on shrubbery

[–]Luminato 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They are thought to be an omen of good things to come, signaling that your prayers are being acknowledged.

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    [–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Well, hello, Miss Direction!

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Very cool, and nice photo too

    [–]transbob 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    A bit of trivia about praying mantises is that after the male has sex with the female she will turn around and bite his head off.

    [–]TheMaharishi 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Those guys have big balls. I saw some Joe Rogan clip. Where one of those stood on a scorpion eating some little bug. Then he pulled it out and whipped it around trying to merc the scorpion. However the scorpion went ham and killed it.