tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post3060003003504296581..comments2024-03-12T02:29:18.737-04:00Comments on Southern Meadows: Hunters in the GardenKarin / Southern Meadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06514989784715204223noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-70829947935081841092011-07-02T17:15:13.384-04:002011-07-02T17:15:13.384-04:00Karin, the black & white Mantis picture is rea...Karin, the black & white Mantis picture is really great. Great eye !Gabriel Rochardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781396457298888975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-45066299314528777312011-06-29T11:44:19.054-04:002011-06-29T11:44:19.054-04:00We love our frogs and toads and praying mantises a...We love our frogs and toads and praying mantises as well.... now, if only I could get over my snake phobia!Cathy and Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985161421939096681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-71184570385653306892011-06-29T10:58:24.689-04:002011-06-29T10:58:24.689-04:00I've never seen a praying mantis before but wi...I've never seen a praying mantis before but will know what the sac looks like if I do! Frogs too aren't seen around, too dry perhaps. I hear them down at the river in the evenings.Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-65431484466730906202011-06-28T17:34:34.289-04:002011-06-28T17:34:34.289-04:00Sage Butterfly - thank you! The first year we move...Sage Butterfly - thank you! The first year we moved to this house 4 years ago I saw 1 praying mantis. Now, I see them all the time. We must be doing something right!<br /><br />Debsgarden - thanks! This big guy seems to have settled right in!<br /><br />Donna - I first spotted this toad when I was watering. At first glance I thought one of my kids had stuck a rock in the fern. Unfortunately, as much as this guy will eat, I will need an army of toads to control all the beetles we have!<br /><br />HolleyGarden - I hope these will all hatch out. I secured the ootheca that were inadvertently cut off while prunning. The rest are still on the shrubbery. Fingers crossed!<br /><br />GWGT - I cornered him in the evening and got right in his face. I am sure he thought I was a crazy woman pointing the camera at him. But he was a really good sport!<br /><br />Toni - Yes! I it is Nature's way of saying thank you!<br /><br />Elephant's Eye - How funny that they laid egg sacks on your pegbag! One Christmas a friend of mine found baby praying mantis crawling on her wall as they had hatched out of an egg sack that was attached to her Christmas tree...a little extra Christmas present!Karin / Southern Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514989784715204223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-26126943157714046962011-06-28T16:38:06.522-04:002011-06-28T16:38:06.522-04:00Our preying mantis lays eggs in two tightly regime...Our preying mantis lays eggs in two tightly regimented rows. Have one on my pegbag at the moment. Hope they chose to emerge when it is on the line outside, not in the laundry. Or I have to carefully escort outside TINY smidgeons of life.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-47429677574679807072011-06-27T22:06:42.096-04:002011-06-27T22:06:42.096-04:00We had a toad come visit our pond again this year....We had a toad come visit our pond again this year. He's stayed around for a few nights now, serenading me to sleep :-) I also found a praying mantis egg case on a hanging basket on my back porch. So exciting when we find these beneficial critters taking up residence in our gardens, isn't it?!!Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862726143727717921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-37596612789270210412011-06-27T21:47:18.812-04:002011-06-27T21:47:18.812-04:00Karin, that is really a closeup in your first phot...Karin, that is really a closeup in your first photo. We don't have toads or praying mantis here in the city, but plenty at the farm. Now I know what to look for if I see a nest like the one you pictured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-62464101280971584572011-06-27T21:20:58.459-04:002011-06-27T21:20:58.459-04:00Wow - what an exciting find! You'll have lots...Wow - what an exciting find! You'll have lots of praying mantis next year!HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-2366918422977776162011-06-27T20:09:16.475-04:002011-06-27T20:09:16.475-04:00good to know Karin...and toads hide so well I neve...good to know Karin...and toads hide so well I never see them...hopefully they will start to get to eating the beetles that appeared this weekend in the gardenDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420133886162844400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-24794924525911011772011-06-27T19:38:09.559-04:002011-06-27T19:38:09.559-04:00Great post and photos. That toad looks right at ho...Great post and photos. That toad looks right at home!debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335626764384885870.post-70763326713442519942011-06-27T18:18:32.090-04:002011-06-27T18:18:32.090-04:00The toad pictures are great! One of my favorite pr...The toad pictures are great! One of my favorite predators in the garden is the praying mantis. I am always excited when I see them...filled with satisfaction that I have a soldier on my side.The Sage Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252906325012065829noreply@blogger.com