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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:03 am
by GORDON
Here's a little tidbit of info you may or may not have known, but could save you trouble in the future:
Praying mantis egg clutches rely on the presence of heat to know when to hatch, not time or daylight or anything else.
Our freshly cut christmas tree had a clutch of praying mantis eggs on it.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:07 am
by GORDON
fake edit - Actually I noticed the egg sack immediately and cut it off and put them in the kid's "Bug Jar," figuring the mesh-like sides would keep them in IF they hatched before spring. Nope.
Should have put the whole thing out in the cold garage.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:14 am
by unkbill
Wonder if they are a species on decline. I saw a few last year and remembered seeing them alot as a kid.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:20 am
by GORDON
unkbill wrote:Wonder if they are a species on decline. I saw a few last year and remembered seeing them alot as a kid.
The trees at the tree farm, there were 1-3 egg cases per tree, that I saw.
We also saw a huge mantis on the privacy fence last summer. Big as the kid's head.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:23 pm
by Malcolm
They kick ass for keeping pests away from your garden. And they look bad-ass.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:34 pm
by GORDON
Yeah, I wish they weren't all outside dead.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:32 pm
by Malcolm
You can buy them pretty cheap.