Our neighbor found a Praying Mantis while working in her yard. She brought it over for us to study this week. The kids have loved watching him and drawing pictures of him. They like to eat other bugs, so we’ve been catching them for him and putting them in the cage. He liked to stay in the top of the cage and hang upside down.  He would wait a while. It seemed like he didn’t like us watching him catch his food and eat it. I keep saying, “him” but it may have been a “her”. Not sure. Anyway, when he caught his food he would hold it in his hands and eat it like an ear of corn.  Last night, I couldn’t go to sleep because I was afraid I hadn’t given him enough food for the day. So I decided we would let him go this morning, because I have enough people to feed :D

I think I want to make a little “Insect Zoo” for the kids to observe for a couple of days. Maybe I can do that, with few casualties.  We’ll see…

We took some pictures of our new friend before we set him free.