MOTW - Aug 26- Sept 1 2012 - MrZoggs

[mrzoggs]

Yeah, it would be nice if they lasted longer than one season. Oh, you were right on the ID btw. Yours is a Chinese Mantid.

Yeah im going to be sad when she passes. Might be best for me to let her go back outside now that shes healthy. Still debating on it.

Beautiful darts! I love the baby. It's great that you caught his first time out on camera .

Yes at first I was thinking "who is on top of babys cup?" then i noticed it was him. I wish he would come out and explore. Hes already eating springs so it should be long

[mrzoggs]

Ok well it was time to swith the Red eyes to a new sterilite today so I grabbed some pictures. I would like to submit some photos into photo of the month but Im not sure which ones are worthy.

[deranged chipmunk]

first off, i would like to congratulate you on your sobriety my father-in-law is celebrating 22 years in Nov, so i understand how difficult it is. kudos to you! secondly, what awesome pics!! the darts are stunning, especially the baby. and the red eye pics are fantastic. i would go with the first pic. the classic "rainforest pose". that pic looks like all the travel brochures for rainforest countries...lol Tool and APC are pretty good bands, they come onto my Disturbed pandora channel quite often. they are a couple of the band that i don't hit the dislike button on.

[mrzoggs]

first off, i would like to congratulate you on your sobriety my father-in-law is celebrating 22 years in Nov, so i understand how difficult it is. kudos to you! secondly, what awesome pics!! the darts are stunning, especially the baby. and the red eye pics are fantastic. i would go with the first pic. the classic "rainforest pose". that pic looks like all the travel brochures for rainforest countries...lol Tool and APC are pretty good bands, they come onto my Disturbed pandora channel quite often. they are a couple of the band that i don't hit the dislike button on.

Thank you a ton sir! And congrats to your father also.

[Pluke]

Dude I love those pics of your RETF. Very nice. Mantids are awesome insects.. I just had one on my porch yesterday, a bright green one, he crawled onto my hand when I put it up to him and then I let it go on some of my nearby sunflowers. He stayed there all day, haven't seen it since. And as I stated before.. those darts are just amazing. I hope they breed well for you one day, I hear that Thumbnails can be quite a challenge!

[mrzoggs]

Well my dad also got 3, so I'm sure I will have a couple pairs Plus the parents came from 2 different lines so mine are fresh. Now that I have this mantid my step dad asks me if I want more hehe. He finds them all the time. Only thing is they will fight if I put them together. Be careful picking up bugs hehe! I pick up mantis' too but the other day a BIG katydid was in my sunroom and i picked it up to get it out and it bit me lmao. It didnt hurt a bit. I actually couldnt tell if it bit me or if I was just being silly until I read they bite. After seeing some youtube videos of the mantis killing snakes, humming birds, spiders, etc I dont think I would like to get bit by one :P


Oh and from what I hear varaderos are the easiest thumbnail I had gotten a bromeliad with a nice pup on it from the same lady I got the frogs from a month or so ahead of time. Now they all sit inside that same bromeliad. Kind of funny thats their plant of choice.

[Pluke]

Praying mantis are kind of like spiders in the aspect that they don't really bite if not truely threatened, IMO. I usually just pick up spiders too.. set your hand down and guide them towards it and let them board it themselves. Some katydids have some mean looking chompers, I know that. I get some evil looking ones around here.
Yeah... you don't want that to bite you, lol.

[mrzoggs]

hehe i dont like spiders. I will stick with leaving them alone.

[Jenste]

Ok well it was time to swith the Red eyes to a new sterilite today so I grabbed some pictures. I would like to submit some photos into photo of the month but Im not sure which ones are worthy.

I particularly like number 3,5,6!

[Faith]

Congrats on MOTW! Loved reading the info about you, so glad to find someone else here with a lot of the same interests as well as someone who has overcame addiction (mine lasted from 13 to 18 with one relapse, so I know where you're coming from.) <3 your musical choices as well. Tool is awesome!

[mrzoggs]

Thanks Im glad I have a lot of the same musical interests as others on this forum. It makes me feel more "at home"