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| | It's A Boy! It's A Girl! And A Boy, And A Girl, And A Boy, And . . .(Carolina mantis, Stagmomantis carolina) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Despite her hunting ability, we knew the mantid would soon meet her own demise when cool weather came, so we looked long and hard for an egg case to show she at least had made accommodations for passing on her genes to a new generation. |
 | | Unlike the large, spherical, and more-visible egg case laid by introduced Chinese mantids, that of the native Carolina Mantis is often hard to find. |
 | | One thing led to another, of course, and the twig sat on our desk day after day, sometimes poised atop the printer or leaning against the window, and even being used as a temporary bookmark when our hands were full of banded birds. |
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