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Observer

magdastlucia

Date

November 27, 2017 03:34 PM SAST

Place

St Lucia 1 (Google, OSM)

Description

Freshly laid eggs...
The loving couple re-united after the brief capturing on 22 November 2017. Saw the love birds again on 25 November 2017.
Tonight, 27 November 2017, I noticed the eggs, but did not notice any mantids. As I tried to get closer to the eggs for these pics, it was just snapping of wings and mantid(s) flew off.

30 November 2017 Love birds together watching the eggs.

Added 2 more pics. 1 pic of the eggs on 1 December 2017, after fresh eggs was added to the batch and another pic of the 2 love birds still near the eggs on 2 December 2017.

Love birds still together near the eggs on 08 December 2017. 1 pic added.

See the love birds on 22 November 2017 here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8898175

Third batch of eggs laid 09 December 2017.

Love birds together again on 12 December2017.

16 December 2017 the 2 mantids are still near the eggs.

During the evening of 19 December 2017 another batch of eggs was laid.

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