- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Published on: October 30, 2023
"This hanging potted plant ain't big enough for both of us!"
That's what a female praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, seemed to be warning when she encountered another female on "her" hanging potted plant.
So, how do you beat the competition? You defeat 'em and then you eat 'em.
That's what Vacaville resident Mike Castro witnessed recently.
The hot spot: A hanging pot of porcelain flowers, aka wax flowers (Hoya carnosa). When the flowers finished blooming in his garden, Castro transferred the hanging pot to his patio.
Castro soon observed a female and a male mantis "getting busy" (mating) on the hanging rope, but the male did not lose his...
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