Posted: 9/8/2013 7:10:03 PM EDT
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The little guy found his way in to my garage tonight. It was about two and a half inches long.
All of the ones that I had ever seen were green but it was black. May have been a young one...not sure. Caught it and turned it loose outside of the garage. Before I did, it watched every movement that I made. That sucker was very aware of its surroundings! 
Was interesting to see it watch me, as every move I made, it would turn its head in the direction of movement made by me. 
I stand corrected!  Edited topic.
It is late and my spelling took a dive tonight! 
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Why would it pray? Does it have a god? Quoted:
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It's PRAYING mantis. Why would it pray? Does it have a god? Yes and if it is a male it is praying that whatever female it finds won't bite its head off. If it is a female it is praying that AmericanSoldier1989 don't drop a boot on its head. |
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Not if I'm in the area. I guarantee you that motherfucker is hunting me because he smells the fear on me Quoted:
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It's PRAYING mantis. Not if I'm in the area. I guarantee you that motherfucker is hunting me because he smells the fear on me Seems like I read a report about a praying mantis infestation in central Texas the other day. Sleep well.
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Here's my Praying Mantis story from Osan AFB Korea in 1994:
Let me set this up by explaining what my room mate Loomis looks like, he's about 5'3" tall, sandy blond hair, skinny but not frail, and he had some of them K9 teeth that grew way too high up on his gums giving him a funky smile. He is funny and loves to pull pranks and mess with people... he also apparently likes getting pranks pulled on him, or at least we told ourselves he did to makes ourselves feel better about the horrible treatment he received in Korea. It was the strangest thing, Loomis had this gag reflex that would send him into convulsive retching at the mere mention of certain things.... bugs, poop, snakes, pretty much anything really gross, eating boogers... he would nearly throw up at the mention of certain things... sometimes there was no holding back, he puked all over Korea, it was great! When I got to Korea I made it all of 2 weeks before I couldn't take it anymore and found me a Korean girl to be my girlfriend. Her name was "Ji" (pronounced G) and she moved in the day after I met her. Well Loomis was my roomie, I came to Korea to have sex and drink beer... He actually wanted to learn about the country, the people, the language and stuff. So Loomis would take off on the weekends and go on train tours and crap like that, while I drank till I passed out and wore out poor old Ji... One weekend Loomis went on a trip to the beach, Ji and I had went downtown to get something to eat and were walking through the commons area when I seen something scaling the wall of the dorm. Upon further inspection I discovered quite possibly the largest praying mantis' in the entire world. You know them plastic oversized bug toys at the toy store when you were a kid, a 4" lady bug, a 6" centipede and an 8" long prayer mantis.... well I found the mother sucker that they used to make the mold for that praying mantis, this thing was huge! Anyway, I ran over and scooped it up off the wall.... it immediately treated me like I owed it money and I nearly lost my nerve and let it go when I finally got it by the backside and it calmed down. I grabbed and handled Cotton Mouth snakes and alligators that would have cowered like a little girl to this praying mantis! I brought it upstairs to our room thinking it would be a great new pet that could possibly eat the mosquitoes that snuck into our room at night. We had installed some camo netting (that we stole from the SP's) to our ceiling the week prior and I thought it would be a great place for my new pet to live. As Ji and I walked into our room, I heard the shower running, Loomis was back from his trip. On the sink was a Tupperware container that Loomis used to store his toiletries in when he went on trips, so I grabbed and opened it, and stuffed that pissed off mantis in there... Ji and I retreated to my bed and I was enjoying a cold beer when Loomis came out of the shower with a towel around his waste. He stood in the doorway and told us about his trip, blah blah blah... then he picked up his Tupperware to put his tooth brush and stuff away. All of a sudden, like a flash, fluttering green wings of hate flew from the box and attacked poor Loomis like a demon from Hell that this thing apparently was possessed by! Loomis screamed at first, as the praying mantis' front legs shot out several times a second piercing his moist skin. Loomis, overtaken with fear and pain fell to his hands and knees and began the death throws of a man terrified by bugs.... retch Ow, help me..... retch OMG, what is this thing, ow... retch retch Ji and I rolled back and forth on the bed in uncontrollable laughter for several minutes as the mantis attacked Loomis, retreated and then attacked loomis all over again. When the praying mantis from Hell decided it had showed loomis who was boss it flew up to the camo netting where it resided for the duration of my deployment. Loomis never did warm up to it though! - Clint |
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<a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/user/omega62/media/CAMBMantis_zps91931c2d.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/omega62/CAMBMantis_zps91931c2d.jpg</a> 
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Here is what you found OP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3OlpcO0aMs |
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Here's my Praying Mantis story from Osan AFB Korea in 1994: Let me set this up by explaining what my room mate Loomis looks like, he's about 5'3" tall, sandy blond hair, skinny but not frail, and he had some of them K9 teeth that grew way too high up on his gums giving him a funky smile. He is funny and loves to pull pranks and mess with people... he also apparently likes getting pranks pulled on him, or at least we told ourselves he did to makes ourselves feel better about the horrible treatment he received in Korea. It was the strangest thing, Loomis had this gag reflex that would send him into convulsive retching at the mere mention of certain things.... bugs, poop, snakes, pretty much anything really gross, eating boogers... he would nearly throw up at the mention of certain things... sometimes there was no holding back, he puked all over Korea, it was great! When I got to Korea I made it all of 2 weeks before I couldn't take it anymore and found me a Korean girl to be my girlfriend. Her name was "Ji" (pronounced G) and she moved in the day after I met her. Well Loomis was my roomie, I came to Korea to have sex and drink beer... He actually wanted to learn about the country, the people, the language and stuff. So Loomis would take off on the weekends and go on train tours and crap like that, while I drank till I passed out and wore out poor old Ji... One weekend Loomis went on a trip to the beach, Ji and I had went downtown to get something to eat and were walking through the commons area when I seen something scaling the wall of the dorm. Upon further inspection I discovered quite possibly the largest praying mantis' in the entire world. You know them plastic oversized bug toys at the toy store when you were a kid, a 4" lady bug, a 6" centipede and an 8" long prayer mantis.... well I found the mother sucker that they used to make the mold for that praying mantis, this thing was huge! Anyway, I ran over and scooped it up off the wall.... it immediately treated me like I owed it money and I nearly lost my nerve and let it go when I finally got it by the backside and it calmed down. I grabbed and handled Cotton Mouth snakes and alligators that would have cowered like a little girl to this praying mantis! I brought it upstairs to our room thinking it would be a great new pet that could possibly eat the mosquitoes that snuck into our room at night. We had installed some camo netting (that we stole from the SP's) to our ceiling the week prior and I thought it would be a great place for my new pet to live. As Ji and I walked into our room, I heard the shower running, Loomis was back from his trip. On the sink was a Tupperware container that Loomis used to store his toiletries in when he went on trips, so I grabbed and opened it, and stuffed that pissed off mantis in there... Ji and I retreated to my bed and I was enjoying a cold beer when Loomis came out of the shower with a towel around his waste. He stood in the doorway and told us about his trip, blah blah blah... then he picked up his Tupperware to put his tooth brush and stuff away. All of a sudden, like a flash, fluttering green wings of hate flew from the box and attacked poor Loomis like a demon from Hell that this thing apparently was possessed by! Loomis screamed at first, as the praying mantis' front legs shot out several times a second piercing his moist skin. Loomis, overtaken with fear and pain fell to his hands and knees and began the death throws of a man terrified by bugs.... retch Ow, help me..... retch OMG, what is this thing, ow... retch retch Ji and I rolled back and forth on the bed in uncontrollable laughter for several minutes as the mantis attacked Loomis, retreated and then attacked loomis all over again. When the praying mantis from Hell decided it had showed loomis who was boss it flew up to the camo netting where it resided for the duration of my deployment. Loomis never did warm up to it though! Great Mantis tale, and well told!
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Found this guy on the back door last week: <a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/user/Eyesofsilver/media/IMG_7121.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/Eyesofsilver/IMG_7121.jpg</a> Yours is a Tenodera species, most likely Tenodera sinensis, the Chinese mantid. |
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Quoted: Yours is a Tenodera species, most likely Tenodera sinensis, the Chinese mantid. Quoted: Quoted: Found this guy on the back door last week: <a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/user/Eyesofsilver/media/IMG_7121.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/Eyesofsilver/IMG_7121.jpg</a> Yours is a Tenodera species, most likely Tenodera sinensis, the Chinese mantid. God damn immigrants. |
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<a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/user/omega62/media/CAMBMantis_zps91931c2d.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/omega62/CAMBMantis_zps91931c2d.jpg</a> The mantis in this meme is Iris oratoria, the Mediterranean mantis. |
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Seems like I read a report about a praying mantis infestation in central Texas the other day. Sleep well. Quoted:
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It's PRAYING mantis. Not if I'm in the area. I guarantee you that motherfucker is hunting me because he smells the fear on me Seems like I read a report about a praying mantis infestation in central Texas the other day. Sleep well. 
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Quoted: Yours is a Tenodera species, most likely Tenodera sinensis, the Chinese mantid. Quoted: Quoted: Found this guy on the back door last week: <a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/user/Eyesofsilver/media/IMG_7121.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/Eyesofsilver/IMG_7121.jpg</a> Yours is a Tenodera species, most likely Tenodera sinensis, the Chinese mantid. Thanks. I noticed an especially large number of them in my garden. |
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Quoted: Here's my Praying Mantis story from Osan AFB Korea in 1994: Let me set this up by explaining what my room mate Loomis looks like, he's about 5'3" tall, sandy blond hair, skinny but not frail, and he had some of them K9 teeth that grew way too high up on his gums giving him a funky smile. He is funny and loves to pull pranks and mess with people... he also apparently likes getting pranks pulled on him, or at least we told ourselves he did to makes ourselves feel better about the horrible treatment he received in Korea. It was the strangest thing, Loomis had this gag reflex that would send him into convulsive retching at the mere mention of certain things.... bugs, poop, snakes, pretty much anything really gross, eating boogers... he would nearly throw up at the mention of certain things... sometimes there was no holding back, he puked all over Korea, it was great! When I got to Korea I made it all of 2 weeks before I couldn't take it anymore and found me a Korean girl to be my girlfriend. Her name was "Ji" (pronounced G) and she moved in the day after I met her. Well Loomis was my roomie, I came to Korea to have sex and drink beer... He actually wanted to learn about the country, the people, the language and stuff. So Loomis would take off on the weekends and go on train tours and crap like that, while I drank till I passed out and wore out poor old Ji... One weekend Loomis went on a trip to the beach, Ji and I had went downtown to get something to eat and were walking through the commons area when I seen something scaling the wall of the dorm. Upon further inspection I discovered quite possibly the largest praying mantis' in the entire world. You know them plastic oversized bug toys at the toy store when you were a kid, a 4" lady bug, a 6" centipede and an 8" long prayer mantis.... well I found the mother sucker that they used to make the mold for that praying mantis, this thing was huge! Anyway, I ran over and scooped it up off the wall.... it immediately treated me like I owed it money and I nearly lost my nerve and let it go when I finally got it by the backside and it calmed down. I grabbed and handled Cotton Mouth snakes and alligators that would have cowered like a little girl to this praying mantis! I brought it upstairs to our room thinking it would be a great new pet that could possibly eat the mosquitoes that snuck into our room at night. We had installed some camo netting (that we stole from the SP's) to our ceiling the week prior and I thought it would be a great place for my new pet to live. As Ji and I walked into our room, I heard the shower running, Loomis was back from his trip. On the sink was a Tupperware container that Loomis used to store his toiletries in when he went on trips, so I grabbed and opened it, and stuffed that pissed off mantis in there... Ji and I retreated to my bed and I was enjoying a cold beer when Loomis came out of the shower with a towel around his waste. He stood in the doorway and told us about his trip, blah blah blah... then he picked up his Tupperware to put his tooth brush and stuff away. All of a sudden, like a flash, fluttering green wings of hate flew from the box and attacked poor Loomis like a demon from Hell that this thing apparently was possessed by! Loomis screamed at first, as the praying mantis' front legs shot out several times a second piercing his moist skin. Loomis, overtaken with fear and pain fell to his hands and knees and began the death throws of a man terrified by bugs.... retch Ow, help me..... retch OMG, what is this thing, ow... retch retch Ji and I rolled back and forth on the bed in uncontrollable laughter for several minutes as the mantis attacked Loomis, retreated and then attacked loomis all over again. When the praying mantis from Hell decided it had showed loomis who was boss it flew up to the camo netting where it resided for the duration of my deployment. Loomis never did warm up to it though! - Clint  |
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Fuck your mantis! 
http://www.theurbanshogun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pemba-flying-fox-1.jpg Here's a flying dag! I'm lovin' the skewed perspective here. (Although that is a pretty large flying fox, foxbat, bat creature, whatever the fuck that is).
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I'm lovin' the skewed perspective here. (Although that is a pretty large flying fox, foxbat, bat creature, whatever the fuck that is). Quoted:
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Fuck your mantis!
http://www.theurbanshogun.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pemba-flying-fox-1.jpg Here's a flying dag! I'm lovin' the skewed perspective here. (Although that is a pretty large flying fox, foxbat, bat creature, whatever the fuck that is). Count Dracula..... In bat form! |
