More babes

We were right. 

Mom woke up early this morning to get a jump start on a project she has been working on.  While drinking her coffee and working on her blog, she noticed there were about a dozen new babies.  Upon closer inspection she could see them crawling their way out of the egg casing.  She called to us to hurry and come look.  Only we were still sleepy and quickness was not the first thing on our mind.

By the time we got to the container holding the casings there were about 100 MORE babies!  WOW!  We were excited!

What we should have been was quick.  We forgot that these babies are eating machines.  They were so hungry that they started to dine on each other.  That was gross!  But it's what they do.  So we got dressed for the day and ran outside to set them free.  The pictures shown in our blog entry are from today.

We are not sure if that is it for the praying mantises so we will keep an eye on the casings for a few more days.  It's been a lot of fun releasing them into the wild!