uncovered the hole and put tie two surviving mojaras in the pen. The mantis 
soon came up to repair the damaged cover, and paid no attention to the minnows, 
although one of them was in bad shape and was lying on the bottom a short 
distance away. In the course of the next hour or so I had Tom steering the 
lively mojara all around the home of the stomatopod, but all he did was to 
come up, repair the top of his doorway and vanish. At times the mojara was 
within two inches of his head, possibly closer. At last we abandoned working 
with the lively mojara and moved the moribund one closer and closer to the 
burrow. The mantis paid no attention to it until it was within an inch and 
a half. The the little rascal flashed out and vanished with the fish. 
At least we have learned one thing. The large mantis roofs over the 
opening to his burrow, leaving only a pea-sized hole in the sand. It will 
m_ake looking for similar burrows much easier. I had been searching for 
holes a half-inch or more across. 
August 12. 
Although the clouds were heavy this morning and obviously it soon 
would be raining Tom and I wont out to the location. Our aim was to see 
v/hat the mantis was up to, and with our new information about the appearance 
of mantis dons to try to find others like it. 
The mantis hole v/as open when we arrived, and it was evident that he 
had been digging during the night. Yii’e waited twenty minutes or so, but 
he did not appear. 1 began to think that he had managed somehow to leave 
the premises. I adjusted the screens more carefully so that there was no 
