What’s in front of you that you aren’t seeing?
“The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.” ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Anyone who has read my blog for any length of time will know that I am always on the lookout for Praying Mantis pods. I usually find a few in the fields and forests in the winter months.
Imagine my surprise when I planted my tomatoes and found a surprise on one of the cages. Right in my back yard, in plain sight, was a perfect Praying Mantis pod. How did I not see it?
MINDING MY P'S WITH Q 
Oh wow! It’s like it was waiting for you!
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I know…it was a gift I wasn’t aware of for months.
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It’s an unexpected gift!
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Had them in our wind chimes some years ago in CT.
Official State Insect of Connecticut. The European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) was designated the official state insect of Connecticut in 1977.Aug 16, 2018
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Now that’s an even stranger place to make a nest than a tomato cage. I would have loved to see it.
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Oh fun….but I think I have read they can kill humming birds. That is not good.
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I have heard that too. I won’t be bringing pods I find into the yard in the future. Any I think are too large might a quick walk with me into the woods. Mantis are odd insects. They will let you carry around and don’t really seem inclined to try and escape.
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