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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Baby Praying Mantises
This past winter I found a praying mantis egg sac in the field at Valley Forge. I brought it home, put it in a paper bag on the windowsill and waited to see if the eggs would hatch. This morning I opened the bag and inside were about 200 pairs of eyes staring back at me. All those little praying mantises wanted to go outside and play. I set up a little photo studio outside in the back yard and took pictures of all the little guys. Here are a few:
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