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| While participating in
a Master Naturalist program, I picked up a long-leaf pine cone and
noticed an interesting mass within it. After asking an onsite
expert what it could be, I was told it was a Praying
Mantis egg case! Assuming the eggs had already hatched,
I took the cone home and placed it in a plastic bag. Several weeks
later, to my surprise, I looked at the cone again and saw six
babies! I immediately took them and the pine cone out of the bag
and placed them in an outdoor planter. |
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