« Mother's Day Flowers | Main | Not So Minor »
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Breaking News Alert - Praying Mantis Sighted in Coconut Geranium
Praying Mantis on Pelargonium grossularioides
Mantis Mania returned to Sunshine Hill Gardens with the sighting of the Spring's first praying mantis. And he's so big: already an inch and a half long! No doubt this guy has been munching on lots of tasty bugs.
Last year, I put out two praying mantis egg cases and was lucky enough to see the hatchling mantids emerge from one of them. This year, I put out two more, but didn't see them hatch so it really made me happy to see one today.
