r/baseball • u/silly_card_collector Pittsburgh Pirates • 3h ago

Players Only Jackson Chourio has befriended a praying mantis

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u/MothershipConnection Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

It's been real humid in LA this summer we got bugs that we ain't ever bugged before

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u/MossyPlantyWitchy Cincinnati Reds 3h ago

Y'all have always had praying mantids.

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u/crash_test Anaheim Angels 3h ago

We got a whole species. I find em around my house all the time, they're pretty chill with being handled too.

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u/MossyPlantyWitchy Cincinnati Reds 2h ago

Our native species is the Carolina Mantis. I have a pregnant female on my porch right now. She's from one of the Oothecas left last year 🥰 They are pretty similar species. I've had well fed females get up to 4". They are my favorite garden friends.