the next four vials, a picture of the 55 gallon fish tank, the mantis tank

I now have four mantises since around 5 days ago. that mantis was the one I had seen a few days prior. It became a stage 5 mantis 2 days ago, while hatchet become a stage 4 three days ago. I thought up of it's name as we were leaving church, Sprout. A reference to it's speed of growth. It's out pacing Hatchet by a sizable margin. The outdoor mantises seem to always outpace the ones grown inside. I've been feeding Sprout flies since they're relatively easy to find.

I added Sprout to my collection of mantises after thinking about it over the course of a couple days. I had gone back and forth about whether I should add him during those few days.

I don't know of anything we've got planned, except soccer practice from 5-7 (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs) at tree of life (well, obviously)...