The Praying Mantis Claims this Bush as Its Home

by | Sep 2, 2022 | Cactus Are Cool

As I was watering the rock rose the other day, Pavonia lasiopetala, something moved in the bush. Imagine my surprise, and delight, to see I was being frowned upon by an indignant praying mantis who didn’t appreciate me disturbing his home! Praying mantis are in the...

Praying Mantis Like Cactus, Too.

by | Sep 24, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool

I discovered this praying mantis on the euphorbia trigona the other day. Just to simplify a bit, mantises are from the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, and order Mantodea and I suspect most of us take them for granted as a native insect. Not so; they were introduced...