momsville » Insects http://momsville.com/blog Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:54:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 April 25, 2010 Maplewood, NJ http://momsville.com/blog/2011/04/29/april-25-2010-maplewood-nj/ http://momsville.com/blog/2011/04/29/april-25-2010-maplewood-nj/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:53:09 +0000 mother http://momsville.com/blog/?p=292 I found a praying mantis egg sack and was smart enough (this time) to put it in a covered jar. It “hatched” sometime Sunday night and we needed to release these tiny guys before cannibalism happened. Here, then, are some images to document the occasion.

Freshly hatched praying mantises

Just hatched...

Praying mantis egg sack and hatchlings in a jar

Egg sack in the jar

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I’m having an art exhibit with Joy Yagid, and Tricia Zimic. Joy is a photographer and Tricia is a ceramicist and painter, and all three of us have chosen nature as a focus for our work. I’ve shown my work in various venues but I’m surprisingly excited to show these paintings in the town I live in.

April 18 through May 16
Opening reception on Sunday, April 25, 2–5 pm
1978 Arts Center in Maplewood, NJ. 07040
www.1978artscenter.org
(Gallery 1978 is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 5 pm.)

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Megasoma actaeon janus, beetle

Megasoma actaeon janus, beetle

true bug

Acanthosomatidae, a true bug

Lucanus_cervus, beetle

Lucanus cervus, beetle

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I heard a buzzing sound.

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