"Hungry young praying mantis nymphs ravenously eat aphids and the eggs of caterpillars. ... Adults also eat shield - or stink - bugs, flies, mosquitoes and cockroaches."
Phoenix is our specialist insect person.
Wednesday 19 June 2019
Science (our praying mantis)
Today we decided to release our praying mantis. She has lived in our classroom since the start of the year. We have learnt that she is a South African praying mantis. We saw her eat another praying mantis and we learnt that she will only eat live things. We had to do some research to find out what else she eats.
"Hungry young praying mantis nymphs ravenously eat aphids and the eggs of caterpillars. ... Adults also eat shield - or stink - bugs, flies, mosquitoes and cockroaches."
"Hungry young praying mantis nymphs ravenously eat aphids and the eggs of caterpillars. ... Adults also eat shield - or stink - bugs, flies, mosquitoes and cockroaches."
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Kia ora Te Awa My name is Tawhiri I am in Te Ngahere. I really like your class blog post about the Praying Mantis I think Praying Mantises are really cool and I carry them around a lot at home. Was it hard to learn about the Praying Mantis? Did you all enjoy the Praying Mantis?
ReplyDeleteHi Tawhiri
DeleteThank you for your comment. We had lots of fun learning about praying mantises. We had to read hard books and google what they ate.
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ReplyDeleteKia Ora Te Awa. I really like your poem about the Praying Mantis and It is really cool that Phoenix is the specialist insect discoverer. Where did you find this Insect? What other insects do you think you can find and what food would you feed it. Yours sincerely. Jack, Te Ngahere.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jake for your cool comment. We have also caught spiders and beetles. Phoenix brings lots of insects from his home.
DeleteHi Te Awa my name is Ben and I’m in Te Ngahere. I like your post about your science project the Praying Mantis. I once became attached to a Praying Mantis and I named it Bob maybe you might have put Bob in your box. It’s cool that you found out what type of Praying Mantis you had. Were you all sad when you released it?
ReplyDeleteHi Ben
DeleteThanks for your post. We weren't sad when we released the praying mantis because we knew she would like to live in the garden. She is in the garden behind out classroom.
Kia Ora Te Awa, Fonz from Te Ngahere in Paihia School here. I really enjoyed your blog post about ¨Science (our praying mantis)¨ I think it's cool that you guys are having fun and learning about praying mantis. Where is the mantis now? What else did you feed it in class? There are alot of praying mantis around Paihia School. Thanks for blogging and keep up the awesome work guys. Bye
ReplyDeleteFonz-o.
Thanks for your cool post Fonz-o. The praying mantis is in the garden behind our classroom. We fed the praying mantis lots of different bugs (even stink bugs). She mostly she ate other praying mantises. We gave her some apple, but she didn't eat it.
DeleteKia ora Te Awa,
ReplyDeleteIt’s me Missy from Te Ngahere. I was reading your blog post about ‘Science’ and I think that it was very interesting that you guys had a pet praying mantis in your class. I have one question, did your praying mantis actually come from South Africa? I found your blog post very interesting and hope you guys do more work around science. Thank you for posting Te Awa. Bye.
Hi Missy
ReplyDeleteWe should both do some research and see how that particular species of praying mantis came to New Zealand. This type of praying mantis eats monarch butterfly eggs and is a threat to our butterflies.