Hatching Mantises
The office garden window had become the nesting ground of a praying mantis on February 13, 2019. Have taken an image on the same morning and shared it here: flic.kr/p/2dCfhNE
I've been checking up on these eggs every day to see them hatching.
Today morning, March 6, 2019, I was very lucky to have witnessed one of nature's wonderful events, wherein the mantis babies started to release themselves from the egg clutch.
One by one, 27 black babies (mom was green) emerged and started to conglomerate in a single position, very close to the egg-clutch. There were a few (3 shown here) reluctant to move away from the egg casing and were warming up before their body yolk is empty and they have to go on hunting spree.
Hatching Mantises
The office garden window had become the nesting ground of a praying mantis on February 13, 2019. Have taken an image on the same morning and shared it here: flic.kr/p/2dCfhNE
I've been checking up on these eggs every day to see them hatching.
Today morning, March 6, 2019, I was very lucky to have witnessed one of nature's wonderful events, wherein the mantis babies started to release themselves from the egg clutch.
One by one, 27 black babies (mom was green) emerged and started to conglomerate in a single position, very close to the egg-clutch. There were a few (3 shown here) reluctant to move away from the egg casing and were warming up before their body yolk is empty and they have to go on hunting spree.