Odd insects appear to be attacking downtown Des Moines. Or at least moving in.
For the past few weeks, an inordinate amount of mantises have been spotted downtown. Huge ones - by insect standards at least. I mean, 5+ inches, not 5+ feet, but still.
So today Todd at work came into my office to tell me something and he mentions that he saw one outside by a flowerpot, so I made him show me rather than actually tell me about the customer issue. Putting the mantis in my Lighthouse / now-defunct Rhythms DSL water bottle, I showed it off around the office before bringing it home to let free in my back yard.
She looked terribly pregnant with a great distended abdomen. Perhaps I will soon have little mantises running around my bushes next year.
