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08-31-2002, 07:32 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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Praying Mantis' in Oregon?????????
Got a nice little surprise last night while picking off dead flowers! I think it's a praying mantis!!!!!! Here are a couple pics. What do you think? Is this a loose pet or are they common in our area? I live down by Blue Lake Park in Fairview Oregon. Either way...really creeps out my wife!!!!!
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08-31-2002, 07:33 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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Another pic:
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08-31-2002, 07:59 PM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
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Yep that's what it is. Leave it on the plant as it will eat bugs.
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08-31-2002, 08:03 PM
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Birthday tracker
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Spartanburg, SC USA
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Take it from a former bug hater...Praying mantises are way kewl. Not the dread of mantis shrimp 
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08-31-2002, 08:08 PM
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That Biker Looking Guy
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Illinois
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I have read lb for lb they are the most fierce preditor on the earth. Imagin meaner and tougher that say a Bengal Tiger. WOW how bout a 10 Lb Praying Mantis. As far as being native here I dont have a clue I kow in the midwest where I used to live they were common but this is the first I have heard of them in the PNW. I think they are cool I would provide him with bugs to eat just to watch it but im weird that way too..
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08-31-2002, 08:16 PM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Just South Of Seattle
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Yup! They're natives all right; I caught one in my kitchen just the other night, he flew in through the back door. We have Walking Sticks, too, you just don't see either of them very often as they camoflauge so well.
The kids put the mantis in a bug house for a while so we could watch it eat. They strike fast and then bite their victims' little heads right off. (Don't let your wife see that, LOL)
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08-31-2002, 08:19 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: cedar rapids, wishing I was back in Tulsa
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Yep It is a praying mantis.. Back home in Tulsa had them all over.. Best thing you could ever ask for.. They can even take on a black widow spider and win.. Their mating practice is a little rough on the male though..
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08-31-2002, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Spartanburg, SC USA
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Ewwwww 
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08-31-2002, 08:57 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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Wow! Thanks for the info everyone! I never knew they were around here!! Pretty cool little critter.
I gave it to my cat....pictures to follow.
J/K!
Dennis
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08-31-2002, 09:00 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: west babylon, long island, ny
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you also dont want to get your finger in those "claws" of thiers it wont braek the skin but it can hurt from the bigger ones. trust me i know! 
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08-31-2002, 09:48 PM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Just South Of Seattle
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LOL Paul; my son was yelling "Get this thing off me, get this thing off me!" I thought he was kidding...guess not! 
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09-01-2002, 01:20 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Spokane WA
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well we have them in Wa as well. my four year old found one yesterday. then we came home and read all about them together. cool bugs
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09-01-2002, 01:23 AM
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Ghost of reefers past
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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We have the smaller brownish ones down here, and sometimes the green ones. Not real common but not rare either.
Their mating rituals are interesting, but reminiscent of the Amazon's culture and treatment of captive males
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09-01-2002, 07:48 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Berwick, Pa
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they are a very cool bug ive seen a couple this year also. i love there faces look like aliens
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09-01-2002, 07:58 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: NJ,USA
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they give me the creeps and i wish i could get over that. i have many in the yard. At one time i removed a cover on a lawn chair and a complete family came out. Really gives me the willies. For me they're right up there with those big Florida roaches.
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