Hello everyone. My name is Becky and I live in Bloomington, Illinois with my son, Jesse, and my recently acquired husband, Brad. I'm a union laborer (Local #362) who works construction... mainly road/heavy highway, but I sometimes do building/demo and asbestos abatement. Spring through late Fall is always busy for me. But I usually am laid off during the Winter season. I'm 42, and my parents are still wondering when I'm going to get a "real" job, as I do have a B.A. in English (writing) from Millikin University. But I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up!

I love nature... all kinds of plants, animals, rocks. I'm especially fond of cats (we have 8). If you'd like to see our kitties' family page it is here: http://www.catster.com/family/241739. We also have a 75 gallon freshwater community aquarium... that the cats enjoy also! And now we have mantises! And boy are the kitties curious about them, lol.

This is my husband, my son, and me.

Mantids

Cats, Mantids, rocks, gardening/landscaping, computer, photo editing/graphics, amateur photography, reading, and garage sales!

Current Species:

Tenodera sinensis
Phyllovates chlorophaea
Rhombodera sp.
Phyllocrania paradoxa
Hierodula membranacea
Hierodula patellifera
Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii
Pseudoharpax virescens
Hymenopus coronatus
Gongylus gongylodes
Sphodromantis cf. aurea
Omomantis zebrata
Ephestiasula pictipes
Odontomantis planiceps
Sibylla pretiosa

Most of the above.

My Mantis Keeping Blog:

Katnapper's Mantis Journey

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