12 days ago by purplexvi

So I started out in my dream playing some weird MMORPG where I decided that I'd go find some person who'd been given advantages by the admins and grief them. But on the way I got sidetracked to go kick some asses with friends in an ABANDONED SPACE DUNGEON(except it wasn't really abandoned, some guys ...

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18 days ago by RhinosoRoss

Just at the coldest time of the year so far, with snow and -6C night temperatures, the boiler decided it didn't want to play any more. Fortunately, the folks we bought the house off of had left the service instructions for the boiler, so I followed the Fault Finder Chart, by sucking on tubes, switch ...

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46 days ago by probestblog

12 BUGS OF CHRISTMAS by Stephanie Bailey University of Kentucky Department of Entomology If “The Twelve Days of Christmas” seems to be wearing a little thin this year, consider a new rendition: A Japanese beetle on a pear tree. Two turtle bugs three frittilaries four calling cicadas five goldeneye l ...

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70 days ago by Judy Lowe

There are so many uses for a plant that covers the ground, is deer-proof, doesn’t get too tall, has great color, is prunable, and is relaxed and soft in the landscape. No wonder that ‘Goldflame’ spirea is one of my favorites. And it’s so versatile that every garden or landscape can use it well. Sinc ...

99 days ago by RhinosoRoss

Mantids are cool: it's undeniable: two large compound eyes (that appear to have pupils that always look at you) and three other 'simple' eyes between their little antennae all perched on a head that can rotate almost all the way round; four little fingers around its mouth (maxilla) to stuff food int ...

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107 days ago by vanessa cardui

One of the many predators hanging out in the milkweed forest in my front yard is this golden-eyed California mantis. She is a really beautiful dark color variation, but terribly shy. Here she is peaking out from behind a nearby buddleia plant. Lots of predators live in the milkweed because lots of i ...

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109 days ago by vanessa cardui

Nature is full of contrasts, never so much as in autumn in southern California. This time of year the garden is loaded (especially if you're busy and have put off the autumn trimming) with overgrown mature plant material, ripe seeds, mantis eggs, fat caterpillars, pupae, very large old spiders, huge ...

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120 days ago by vanessa cardui

Ever since I released some chinese mantids (Tenodera sinensis) into the yard several years ago there have been increasing numbers of other mantids (Stagmomantis californica). Being general predators (one that will eat just about any insect, including those bigger than its head) maybe the T. sinensis ...

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158 days ago by findiviglio

Hello, Frank Indiviglio here. Mantids (a/k/a praying mantis) are growing in popularity among invertebrate keepers, with a number of species now being regularly bred in captivity. Ranging in size from minute stick-mimics to 10-inch-long behemoths capable of capturing mice and lizards, the world’s 2,4 ...

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159 days ago by Kaila

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