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After it buzzed my head I knew it wasn't a moth. But I was trying to finish my ball. And it was in competition. Once I saw who it was we both chilled.
Awesome! I use to raise mantis!
Had a wild pet one that came out every morning.
Big, like that, and it would crawl up and hang on my arm for a long time.
Really smart. Beat me in stare down contests too.
It means Good Luck and Fortune is coming your way!
Salt Lake City, UT
They're beautiful bugs. The way they look at you and tilt their head is classic. One year my wife and I bought some mantis "clumps" which look like little egg shaped nests. Sure enough about a week later they opened and a whole parade of them came out single file... seemingly endlessly. Like a clown car x 10.
Sadly after a couple more weeks there were only a few left in the yard as they are territorial and the others took off to find their own stomping ground.
Good share dude 
My cousin and her children raise these, when I was staying at their house for a week they had one left out of their recent batch. That is because it ate all of the others as they all grew up.
She said they are known to usually bite the heads off of the live crickets (store-bought) they are fed to kill it right away and also to stop it from struggling right away/pretty early on, but she said this one didn't do that. It's true, he literally ate everything he could off of them before killing one. They are fed once a day, and I watched every time, and every time, he did just that.
One time he grabbed his meal, held it in one pincer, ripped one of his back legs off with the other one, and ate it like a chicken leg while he held the cricket alive in his other pincer and did nothing with it until he was done with sucking the insides of the leg out.
It was super brutal... and cool.
Quoted from Manic:they are territorial
Quoted from Manic:the others took off to find their own stomping ground.
If that's what you'd like to think.
Quoted from Otaku:My cousin and her children raise these, when I was staying at their house for a week they had one left out of their recent batch. That is because it ate all of the others as they all grew up.
She said they are known to usually bite the heads off of the live crickets (store-bought) they are fed to kill it right away and also to stop it from struggling right away/pretty early on, but she said this one didn't do that. It's true, he literally ate everything he could off of them before killing one. They are fed once a day, and I watched every time, and every time, he did just that.
One time he grabbed his meal, held it in one pincer, ripped one of his back legs off with the other one, and ate it like a chicken leg while he held the cricket alive in his other pincer and did nothing with it until he was done with sucking the insides of the leg out.
It was super brutal... and cool.If that's what you'd like to think.
"That's what I choose to believe" 
Can you the name the movie this quote comes from? Consider it some bonus thread fun...
Quoted from Jeekayjay:Insects freak me out...always trying to get in my pee-hole.
And that one looks like it'd hurt.
I laughed so frickin hard at this. This is why I love this site.
Quoted from o-din:Maybe it was a she?
In case you really want to know: http://bugguide.net/node/view/86609/bgimage
Quoted from Manic:"That's what I choose to believe" Can you the name the movie this quote comes from? Consider it some bonus thread fun...
Prometheus
very cool, i haven't seen a wild one since i was a kid (maybe 25 yrs ago). we used to get them all the time in our backyard in Wyoming, but i think pesticides, predators, and other factors decreased their population.
thanks for sharing
Mr. Mantis was cool and he's welcome back anytime. Unlike the two blabbermouths that came rolling up the driveway and wouldn't split even after I'd shut everything down and asked them politely leave. This is why we can't have nice things.
Quoted from dmbjunky:I use to love to watch one of my favorite mantises growning up. You should have taught him how to play piano and made him your sidekick.
Zorak !!!!
Quoted from dmbjunky:Has anybody ever been bitten by one? I have heard they can bite but didn't know if that was just an old wive's tale.
I don't know. But he was buzzing my head and ear pretty good while I was playing my ball. I think he was just trying to get my attention so we wouldn't squash him. It seemed like he just wanted to hang out.
I used to see these guys during the summer growing up in DE......it was a $50 fine if you killed one. Not that such a thing could be proven.....but who'd wanna hurt a cool looking buggie such as that!!
Used to see these all the time in my yard growing up in California...haven't seen any in Oregon yet.
Quoted from Gryszzz:So RobT and NimbleKnees overstay their welcome again ?
Nah, some dude in the neighborhood that never calls although I have asked him to and is usually half drunk when he gets here. When it was once every six months it wasn't a big deal. But this was the second time this week and he brought a friend with him.
They were jabbering non stop and when I closed it down they asked if they could hang out and I said no, it's time to call it a night. So twenty minutes later I still hear them and now they are standing in the front of the driveway still jabbering. I go out there and said I've got neighbors and if you can't respect that don't come here at all. A while later they are standing on the sidewalk at the other end of the property still babbling. I go "you guys are still here? I've got neighbors on this side too and one in between (meaning me)". They finally left.
That's why I built a big gate across the front of my driveway and now it's time to use it.
Quoted from Gryszzz:You could've just thrown on some Hall and Oates. Works for me.
Those two were so full of hot air, they wouldn't have even heard it. They are officially barred.
Villejuif
Quoted from jlm33:Can anyone name a pin featuring insects - spiders excluded then - as a major/minor element?
Doodle Bug?
Quoted from jlm33:So... after a Dog and Pinball, Cats and Pinball, Mantis and Pinball?
Can anyone name a pin featuring insects - spiders excluded then - as a major/minor element?
SST? Or do they have to be earthbound bugs?
Richmond Hill, ON
I'm surprised they stayed so long o-din, your basement scares me. From the pics it looks like its in outer space with nothing but darkness and pins. Not that it's a bad thing mind you....just scary. 
Quoted from mikat11:Hey I found a mantis in my kitchen window today. Don't know how it got in the house. I grabbed it and the sucker clawed at my fingers. Then tossed it out the back door and it flew away. Weird.
You did what?
Quoted from SuperPinball:I'm surprised they stayed so long o-din, your basement scares me. From the pics it looks like its in outer space with nothing but darkness and pins. Not that it's a bad thing mind you....just scary
No basements in this neighborhood. That is my garage which is behind the house with a very long driveway to the street. I like the setup, but still get visitors back there I'm not expecting. Some that are welcome and others that are not.
Quoted from dmbjunky:I need to come be an unwelcome guest sometime.
There was a fiesta that came up on Chicago CL recently and I thought of you.
Every pinsider that has come over has been more than welcome and treats everything and everybody with respect and have always been welcomed back. That's what I like about this place. In person most are good people with common courtesy. And you are more than welcome too.
Quoted from o-din:Every pinsider that has come over has been more than welcome and treats everything and everybody with respect and have always been welcomed back. That's what I like about this place. In person most are good people with common courtesy. And you are more than welcome too.
O-din is a gracious host. I should be beating down his door for my annual visit soon. Yes O-din I will take that spot under Big Daddy with the sleeping bag.
Quoted from Rat_Tomago:O-din is a gracious host.
How gracious am I after about the fourth Jack and Coke?
I do remember the time I let you drive to go get the pizza. Didn't we get lost or something?
Quoted from o-din:How gracious am I after about the fourth Jack and Coke?
If I'm in your neck of the wood, maybe I'll be one of the unwelcome guests too but at least I will bring the Jack and Coke. 
Quoted from SuperPinball:If I'm in your neck of the wood, maybe I'll be one of the unwelcome guests too but at least I will bring the Jack and Coke.
We all have our differences on this forum, but I am always ready to party with any of you. And if vintage EMs aren't your thing, I keep a few fairly modern machines in the house. But people usually end up back in the garage.
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