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I ordered more help for the flowers...praying mantis. Actually they are egg cases.
I was talking to my back yard neighbor...he had a garden like none I have ever seen..and he orders egg cases to help keep the little critters from nibbling on his garden. If that is what it take to make your garden look like his..I'll order more. So in three to six weeks we should be pretty much over run by praying mantis.
This Is What I Have Learned:
"After hatching, the baby mantises, also known as nymphs, emerge from the egg case and float to the ground. The resemble large mosquitoes when young and are very difficult to see as they blend in easily with the plant life. Through Spring and Summer, they shed their skins many times. They vary in color and are gray, green, and pinkish, but they usually darken with age. Their color is a natural camouflage-it fools even other insects.
Praying mantises have an enormous appetite and never seem to get enough to eat. In their young stages, they eat aphids, flies, small caterpillars and other soft bodied insects. As they grow, they start to eat larger insects. With plenty to eat, the Chinese species, and especially the females, sometimes grow to five inches. The female usually eats the smaller male after mating. They are carnivorous, or meat eaters, and do not eat vegetation.
Mantises are poor fliers and walk slowly. If they have plenty to eat, they will usually stay close to where they were born. With plenty to eat, the female lays eggs in the Fall and the egg cases can stand severe Winter climates, hatching the following spring. She may lay several egg cases in different locations.
These insects are very ferocious looking creatures but are harmless to humans. If handled properly, they do not bite. Do not pick them up behind the forelegs. The dark brown fluid from their mouth is harmless. They can become tame enough to be pets and will sometimes eat insects from your fingers. The mantis is the only known insect that can turn its head and look over its shoulder."
I was talking to my back yard neighbor...he had a garden like none I have ever seen..and he orders egg cases to help keep the little critters from nibbling on his garden. If that is what it take to make your garden look like his..I'll order more. So in three to six weeks we should be pretty much over run by praying mantis.This Is What I Have Learned:
"After hatching, the baby mantises, also known as nymphs, emerge from the egg case and float to the ground. The resemble large mosquitoes when young and are very difficult to see as they blend in easily with the plant life. Through Spring and Summer, they shed their skins many times. They vary in color and are gray, green, and pinkish, but they usually darken with age. Their color is a natural camouflage-it fools even other insects.
Praying mantises have an enormous appetite and never seem to get enough to eat. In their young stages, they eat aphids, flies, small caterpillars and other soft bodied insects. As they grow, they start to eat larger insects. With plenty to eat, the Chinese species, and especially the females, sometimes grow to five inches. The female usually eats the smaller male after mating. They are carnivorous, or meat eaters, and do not eat vegetation.
Mantises are poor fliers and walk slowly. If they have plenty to eat, they will usually stay close to where they were born. With plenty to eat, the female lays eggs in the Fall and the egg cases can stand severe Winter climates, hatching the following spring. She may lay several egg cases in different locations.
These insects are very ferocious looking creatures but are harmless to humans. If handled properly, they do not bite. Do not pick them up behind the forelegs. The dark brown fluid from their mouth is harmless. They can become tame enough to be pets and will sometimes eat insects from your fingers. The mantis is the only known insect that can turn its head and look over its shoulder."
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