The one and only male mantis of 2017. My friend Violet and I were standing in some park, when Violet spotted a flying insect landing on a wall nearby us. We ran over to investigate, and it was a mantis. Violet named him Sparkles.
Sparkles, unlike the green girls, was bright golden. I've seen only one mantis since who was actually golden.
It never occurred to me, somehow, to try breeding any of the females with him. He just sort of hung around on the table with them, living in a mango jar and eating flies.
Sparkles died before Halloween 2017.
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