Run Free, Praying Mantis!

This one is for my goanna. That's a type of monitor lizard. I got mine a long time ago and I love him.

The neighborhood kids gather for another memorable release.

I caught a praying mantis day after the other day and I wanted to keep him, but I know he would just die if I keep him in my bag. Whenever I try to keep a bug I can never find the right food for them. Bugs do better when they can find their own food. Momma says bugs are made to be smashed but I say bugs are made to live. That's why we let that praying mantis go back into the wilderness.

Bugs are also made so we can study them. I have two potato bugs but I can't study them under my microscope because they keep moving around. But that's ok, cause tomorrow they will be dead and I can study them.

Praying Mantis after release into the wilderness (our neighbors' un-groomed yard)