tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post115875766182989084..comments2023-09-23T07:30:55.854-05:00Comments on Rurality: Zorak?Ruralityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-59587233069134962542008-02-13T11:12:00.000-06:002008-02-13T11:12:00.000-06:00Sorry, I have no idea.Sorry, I have no idea.Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1042340928213209462008-02-13T10:20:00.000-06:002008-02-13T10:20:00.000-06:00Do you if immature mantids can cause damage to hou...Do you if immature mantids can cause damage to house plants?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1159069665840744982006-09-23T22:47:00.000-05:002006-09-23T22:47:00.000-05:00Love the mantis! All I have ever seen is the typic...Love the mantis! All I have ever seen is the typical green...never knew there were so many others! Blackswamp girl-all u need to try the "aerial mating" like the slugs is a privately-located swingset...believe me...I know... ;)lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133943147518051559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1158969970432343722006-09-22T19:06:00.000-05:002006-09-22T19:06:00.000-05:00Insects do such weird things. I find myself imagin...<I>Insects do such weird things. I find myself imagining how much fun it would be if we could do them too.</I><BR/><BR/>LOTS of fun--especially aerial slug mating!!! (Seriously. Google it. The pictures are amazing.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the giggles today, Rurality--and the great pictures as always. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1158932461788362852006-09-22T08:41:00.000-05:002006-09-22T08:41:00.000-05:00That's very interesting about the unfertilized man...That's very interesting about the unfertilized mantid eggs becoming female. It sounds like parthenogenesis, sort of like aphids. In honeybees it's the reverse - unfertilized eggs become male.<BR/><BR/>Insects do such weird things. I find myself imagining how much fun it would be if we could do them too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1158842076349971372006-09-21T07:34:00.000-05:002006-09-21T07:34:00.000-05:00One of the references I read said that mantis eggs...One of the references I read said that mantis eggs that have not been fertilized still occasionally produce offspring! Although those are always female.Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1158812120188740982006-09-20T23:15:00.000-05:002006-09-20T23:15:00.000-05:00Mantids rule! At least half of them do...Very nice...Mantids rule! At least half of them do...Very nice photo and great links- thank you. I like these bugs.amarkonmywallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677008352624269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1158770202921676932006-09-20T11:36:00.000-05:002006-09-20T11:36:00.000-05:00The mental picture of a mantid jihad has had me gi...The mental picture of a mantid jihad has had me giggling for a few minutes already. A war being waged a foot above the ground with fundamentalist mantid creeping up behind their opposers and tearing off their heads is just weird. I think I need help.Rainypetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01415282957997196121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1158767748180384302006-09-20T10:55:00.000-05:002006-09-20T10:55:00.000-05:00Haha, Zorak :-DMy girlfriend likes to say that non...Haha, Zorak :-D<BR/><BR/>My girlfriend likes to say that none of the problems in the world would exist if women were in charge. Meresy points out that in the mantid world women are in charge. Based on their world though there would exist the certain issue of men being ingested by the females following procreation.<BR/><BR/>That kinda seems like a problem to me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10013142.post-1158760922734460472006-09-20T09:02:00.000-05:002006-09-20T09:02:00.000-05:00None of those things happen in Mantid populations....None of those things happen in Mantid populations....cause the chick mantids are in charge. Get along boy mantids....or it's off with your head.meresy_ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586109095715179608noreply@blogger.com