Today In Our Backyard 07,22,07 on Vimeo

See all Show me

83. DAE Dream Marchers

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

82. Fixing Bathroom Wall Part 1

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

81. 1st Day in Rome

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

80. Stupid Robot Random Screen Capture

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

79. Kamala Sketching HD

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

78. Spider in Front Yard (HD)

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

77. (2001) Walking around a flea market in Germany

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

76. Today in Our Backyard (and front too) 092807

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

75. Kamala's Art in the Pearl 2007 Weekend

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

74. WST Shoot - 082107 - 1st Full Day

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

73. WST Shoot - 082007 - Light House

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

72. WST Shoot - Travel to Long Beach

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

71. My Grandma Says Thank You to Everybody!

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

70. Today In Our Backyard 07,22,07

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

69. Today In Our Backyard 071707

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

68. Someone Elses Home Movies

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

67. Baby Praying Mantits

by Ian Lucero

2 years ago

66. My Work Today 070307

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

65. Today in Our Backyard 062207

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

64. More Music @ the Moore 2007 Short Documentary

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

63. Otis' First Time in the City

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

62. First Friday Art Walk, Honolulu, Hawai'i

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

61. Grandma's First Photo Booth Session

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

60. 5 vignettes: Transported to Hawai'i

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

59. UPDATE!: Cigarette at Ian and Kamala's

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

58. Cigarette at Ian and Kamala's

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

57. Otis Sniffing Holes

by Ian Lucero

3 years ago

Another Today In Our Backyard episode.

Hope you enjoy Part 2 of the Mantis series. If there is something viewers might want to check out in our yard or some kind of request to "film more of this" let me know.

Music - Julien Neto

2007

Credits

19 Likes

Irina Shatalova
2 years ago
gabriel
2 years ago
Charlie McCarthy
2 years ago
robert
2 years ago
gremm
2 years ago
Brett Russell Dougherty
2 years ago
D Milam Jones
2 years ago
Otis
2 years ago
Mike Fischer
2 years ago
nshack
2 years ago
See all 19 likes

Tags

LCF 2 years ago

who needs better homes and gardens bah!

at one point, it's like the praying mantis is smiling at me (3:25) This video is the best one yet!
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

It is.

(echo)
chriskalani 2 years ago

That guy seems like a total jerk, eating all those aphids and whatnot.
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

He's just hungry.
Buck Flashroy 2 years ago

They really are amazing creatures. Quite alien looking. There seems to be a lot of 'food' for them in your garden. You might end up getting over run by pray mantids. What eats a pray mantis? Hedgehogs? Maybe you should get ready to bring some of them in!
loonachic 2 years ago

how do you growm them? that's so cool!
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

You can buy eggs from your local nursery the same way you buy lady bugs for the same purpose. But then you have to grow them and make sure they don't eat each other. They tend to do that. So maybe having many jars.
aaroneous 2 years ago

NOVA has nothing on you Ian. This was great.
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

hahaha!
davidxcarroll 2 years ago

Mantis..es are so cool. Such aliens

PS Can you try your best to never feature spiders?
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

hmmm...

Spiders.
GermanNuestro 2 years ago

Freaky dudes! That music really plays when they're cruisin around in the backyard.
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

and we learned how to shrink ourselves. it's really great.
nshack 2 years ago

Really cool experiment and documentation. You really do have a lot of aphids to be eaten! Good Luck!
Gabito Guzman 2 years ago

Nice work, lucerito! I'm hungry for some aphids now, but my roommates done eat them all...

I like the combo of stills and video, and the dramatic music choice is the right touch...

MORE!
joshua kohl 2 years ago

Holy Shit Dude. THats a frickin beautiful video. I just joined the vimeo gang. I am going nutty with my cel phone. How are ya? Are the aphids thining out at all?
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

hey!!! joshua!!! thanks.

EVERy ONE WELCOME JOSHUA KOHL!

the aphids are still plenty. the praying mantis thing is a little hard to make happen really well. lady bugs are a little easier. i don't know what to do for a follow up video to this one because we can't find the praying mantids.

i'll be starting a series called "30 Second Macro"

I wanna see some cel phon videos!
Otis 2 years ago

You don't see the baby mantids because I ate them. They are actually still stuck in my vaggie lip folds. They have a cannabalistic flavor and a crunchy texture that is undeniably delicious.
alissa 2 years ago

yay macro! if i was an aphid i'd run when i saw zorak. super rad. i think i'll stick with ladybugs.
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

hahaha! Yeah ladybugs seem to be less fussy. Easier to manage. We just release a few thousand into the willow tree because the aphids were just ridiculous.

Chow down lady bugs!!
Brett Russell Dougherty 2 years ago

This reminds me of homeworld, the computer game. Die, aphids. Your end has come.
gremm 2 years ago

wow! them aphids are puknups, mang!
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

so puknups
atlnav 2 years ago

ok so catching up here - two months later - how is the matis - do you bring him in at night? what happens in the winter?
Ian Lucero 2 years ago

hahah! 2 Months! oh my god!

well right after i decided to get serious about updating the series more often, I got really busy with work on the house and work work.

BUT! while working on the house we did run into ONE of the mantids. It was chillin' out with a spider. We took some photos and video and possibly we'll post it. thanks for asking.
Charlie McCarthy 2 years ago

Incredible shots and editing.
Irina Shatalova 2 years ago

It is touching and pathetic.