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angryblackman

angryblackman

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I have a few out there already. I didn't buy any this year but they are there. I see about 5-10 everytime I go out to the garden. :D
 
indcolts77

indcolts77

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If your lucky they'll come naturally.....I just found two in my garden but theyre still babies... hopefully they stay and get large enough to eat the damn grasshoppers! >=[ if not I'm def gonna buy an egg sack...you get like 100 babies for $9 at the local nursery...don't buy lady bugs tho, they rarely stay...I've tried 3 times just to have them all fly off by morning... the mantis is more likely to stay and some will even let you touch them...its kinda creepy but cool lol
 
TPT

TPT

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Also don't have them with ladybugs, cuz they'll eat them too, as like as other beneficial insects.

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BigB 420

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Mantis's are awesome. I found a big 5 inch one in my house last year and placed her on my plants outside. She stayed for several weeks.

Sometimes I wouldn't see her for days, but then I'd be checking the plants and she would try to attack me.

I have a mantis egg sack on the side of my house. Not sure if she left it, or another one, but it seems I have a wild population here. Hopefully her descendants like my garden enough to come put in some work.
 
angryblackman

angryblackman

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If you have bugs they will hang out. My problem is they hang out and decimate all pests and bounce. Later in the season I have to break out the BT. If I can net up my area like the O.P. I'd have them in there all season! :D
 
Paper Planes

Paper Planes

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indcolts77 said:
If your lucky they'll come naturally.....I just found two in my garden but theyre still babies... hopefully they stay and get large enough to eat the damn grasshoppers! >=[ if not I'm def gonna buy an egg sack...you get like 100 babies for $9 at the local nursery...don't buy lady bugs tho, they rarely stay...I've tried 3 times just to have them all fly off by morning... the mantis is more likely to stay and some will even let you touch them...its kinda creepy but cool lol
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I bought a thing of lady bugs and a few days later I didn't see a single live one. This looks pretty cool though, and if they'll stay longer I will see about getting an egg sack.
 
Highocaine

Highocaine

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Paper Planes said:
I bought a thing of lady bugs and a few days later I didn't see a single live one. This looks pretty cool though, and if they'll stay longer I will see about getting an egg sack.
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They definitely stay longer, if you have a serious enough pest problem - My sister kept about 10 of these through summer in her tiny strawberry patch in a half-barrel. She said in 8 hours they'd hardly move on the leaf she put them, haha.
 
Paper Planes

Paper Planes

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Highocaine said:
They definitely stay longer, if you have a serious enough pest problem - My sister kept about 10 of these through summer in her tiny strawberry patch in a half-barrel. She said in 8 hours they'd hardly move on the leaf she put them, haha.
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Hmm than this sounds like something I should do for outdoor crop. I read a review on the page linked by doowmd, and one said they put one of the egg cases in the fridge to be hatched later. Will that work?
 
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