Wrong!!: A preying mantis lays eggs in a frothy deposit first and then, after a time, they babies emerge from the eggs. I hope the kids don’t harm the babies even though they’re just supposed to be eggs.
One year we kids collected tadpoles from a nearby creek and kept them in a fishbowl to watch them develop. Then we went camping, and when we returned the house was full of tiny frogs.
According to what I found, the life cycle of a female mantis ends after she has laid the eggs and they won’t hatch until the following spring. So today’s strip is very misleading.
I expected that the children all developed a “Mind Over Matter” and saw a giant mantis that was really the small mantis Boog brought in. This is a surprise, but then in this same strip, one can cross a very unstable bridge without falling, even if it is breaking up right behind their last foot fall.
cpalmeresq about 9 years ago
Eew! (But, still fascinating!)
arye uygur about 9 years ago
Wrong!!: A preying mantis lays eggs in a frothy deposit first and then, after a time, they babies emerge from the eggs. I hope the kids don’t harm the babies even though they’re just supposed to be eggs.
Willow Mt Lyon about 9 years ago
No way.
paul brians about 9 years ago
One year we kids collected tadpoles from a nearby creek and kept them in a fishbowl to watch them develop. Then we went camping, and when we returned the house was full of tiny frogs.
Lyons Group, Inc. about 9 years ago
Night-Gaunt49 said:
“Preying Mantises take care of other pests too.”*
Their own species as well. Even if they’re not mating!Darryl Heine about 9 years ago
CALL THE EXTERMINATOR!
cbrsarah about 9 years ago
According to what I found, the life cycle of a female mantis ends after she has laid the eggs and they won’t hatch until the following spring. So today’s strip is very misleading.
Willow Mt Lyon about 9 years ago
I expected that the children all developed a “Mind Over Matter” and saw a giant mantis that was really the small mantis Boog brought in. This is a surprise, but then in this same strip, one can cross a very unstable bridge without falling, even if it is breaking up right behind their last foot fall.