Breaking News 2: New Arrival Boogaloo!

[lord_ruthven]

First of all, a big thank you for all the heartfelt congratulations and well wishes for the initial announcement in the previous post :)

As promised, here's the photos that confirmed the Ruthven household will have the pattering of teensy weensy feet:

Comments

[stumpygoth]

LOL i feel quite silly now!

[lord_ruthven]

:D

Nah mate, you weren't the first to make the mistake ;)

Any name ideas???

[stumpygoth]

is it male or female

[lord_ruthven]

Female, a real little man-eater apparently ;)

[blondedebates]

Much cuter :D

[lord_ruthven]

I agree. It won't piss, shit and vomit all over us either!

[indigo_violet]

That's what you think.

[lord_ruthven]

Heheheh

True, but Mantids aren't known for producing human baby quantities of bodily fluids. It won't stink of baby milk either - bonus! :D

[mewmew]

OMG I love you now. I thought you guys were going to turn into breeders. T_T

I wish the mantises around here were that pretty. I've only seen basic green ones, nothing with the nifty wings in those pictures.

[lord_ruthven]

Us... Breeders? Oh no no no. The closest to "Breeders" we'll get is Kim Deal's band ;)

I'm sure you get plenty of different Mantis species in your parts (oo-er). There are at least 198 genus of Mantis, with numerous species within each genus. Mantid tend to keep their wings hidden unless they have need of them ('mantid' is the plural for 'mantis' - it wasn't a spelling mistake in case you were wondering :D)

[mewmew]

I never realized they flew until I scared one at work once. XD Went to sweep outside in the employee smoking area and heard a flutter of wings that I thought was a bird, until I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a mantis doing it's cute little wiggle dance up the wall. *lol*

I've not seen mantid very often in general. I think they hide a lot.

[lord_ruthven]

Having giant weird creatures stomping about, with the potential to crush them beneath their booted heels, I'm surprised the mantid keep hidden! :D

[dyingalittle]

Aww, it looks so surprised. :D

(Make sure whatever you get to keep it in is secure though. One of my ex-housemates in Manc had a mantis, and I seem to remember it escaping quite regularly...)

[lord_ruthven]

Ours will look surprised that it can't fit houseguests into it's maw :D

Holly has ensured that it's little home is very secure. It's a solid, transparent structure with a very very fine mesh top on it, far too small for it to get through but enough for it to breathe.

[tenshirei]

Ahahahaha. Jerk! Consider me gotten. :)

[tenshirei]

Er, had. I swear I speak English.

[lord_ruthven]

"gotten" works for me :)