Now is the Time to Collect Praying Mantis Egg Cases Outdoors & Save $$$$ - General Gardening - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

09-20-2009, 05:54 PM

This is the right time to go outdoors and collect Praying Mantis Egg Cases.

These sell for about $4 average price each online. Go outside now, get some for free!

They will love keeping your garden indoors free of pests. They eat anything smaller than they are. Fave snacks include Fungus Gnats, Fruit Flies and Spider Mites...(baby mantids)

I went outside yesterday to a bush hogged piece of field and found one in only 5 minutes!

Look 2-3 feet off the ground. Mantids like to use wire or a stout woody weed stem. CUT the stem and take the stem and egg case.

Where you find one, look closely. Females may lay 3-4 egg cases. They don't travel far if there are lots of bugs to eat.

Each egg case can hatch around 100 or more babies!

The egg case looks like a little wad of styrofoam material, grayish brown in color. Will upload a pic later. Mine is chopped in half by bush hog, so can't show that one.

alphaguru · 09-20-2009, 06:08 PM

awesome

we need some visuals t

thanks

09-20-2009, 06:22 PM

I have tried to upload some pics, but the (*&(^%^&$%$#$&)*U(*)( ing server is timing out on me again. Can't upload pics this morning. .

BAD server... bad server.

Expat · 10-04-2009, 10:14 PM

Heya Lolagal.
Down here you don't have to go far to find Mantis eggs. This one is in the passage between my garage and the attached shed slash growroom.

10-04-2009, 10:21 PM

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zenoonez · 10-04-2009, 10:34 PM

I am not sure I have ever seen a praying mantis egg casing and I spend quite a bit of time out in the woods. But then again, i have only ever seen 10-20 mantises in the wild so maybe I am just not looking in the right places.

10-05-2009, 08:34 AM

HEre's some more pics of egg cases for ya'll.

xmobotx · 10-05-2009, 09:49 AM

wow

I'm going to look tomorrow!

ChaosCatalunya · 10-05-2009, 02:43 PM

Thanks Lola, very interesting, I had spotted them about and wondered what they were, never thought it was a Praying Mantis.

Anything you ever want to see a pic of, is findable on Google images

https://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

I had a pet one this summer, living in my car for weeks, till my psychobastardkiller dog ate it.... Like Geckos they can change their colour, they go brown when waiting on dog poo for flies....

dubwise · 10-08-2009, 04:29 AM

I have never seen that before. Awesome. I'm going to go looking tomorrow. Thanks.

09-20-2009, 05:54 PM	#1
LolaGal Guest Posts: n/a	Now is the Time to Collect Praying Mantis Egg Cases Outdoors & Save $$$$ This is the right time to go outdoors and collect Praying Mantis Egg Cases. These sell for about $4 average price each online. Go outside now, get some for free! They will love keeping your garden indoors free of pests. They eat anything smaller than they are. Fave snacks include Fungus Gnats, Fruit Flies and Spider Mites...(baby mantids) I went outside yesterday to a bush hogged piece of field and found one in only 5 minutes! Look 2-3 feet off the ground. Mantids like to use wire or a stout woody weed stem. CUT the stem and take the stem and egg case. Where you find one, look closely. Females may lay 3-4 egg cases. They don't travel far if there are lots of bugs to eat. Each egg case can hatch around 100 or more babies! The egg case looks like a little wad of styrofoam material, grayish brown in color. Will upload a pic later. Mine is chopped in half by bush hog, so can't show that one.
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alphaguru Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: in tha cellar Posts: 400	awesome we need some visuals t thanks __________________ lil flood and drain action CHECK
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LolaGal Guest Posts: n/a	I have tried to upload some pics, but the (&(^%^&$%$#$&)U(*)( ing server is timing out on me again. Can't upload pics this morning. . BAD server... bad server.
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Expat Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Under the Southern Cross Posts: 107	Heya Lolagal. Down here you don't have to go far to find Mantis eggs. This one is in the passage between my garage and the attached shed slash growroom. __________________ Keeping it green, one crop at a time...
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10-04-2009, 10:34 PM	#6
zenoonez Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Tripping down the path of life Posts: 2,321	I am not sure I have ever seen a praying mantis egg casing and I spend quite a bit of time out in the woods. But then again, i have only ever seen 10-20 mantises in the wild so maybe I am just not looking in the right places.
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10-05-2009, 08:34 AM	#7
LolaGal Guest Posts: n/a	HEre's some more pics of egg cases for ya'll.
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10-05-2009, 02:43 PM	#9
ChaosCatalunya 5.2 club is now 8.1 club... Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nr Barcelona Posts: 4,039	Thanks Lola, very interesting, I had spotted them about and wondered what they were, never thought it was a Praying Mantis. Anything you ever want to see a pic of, is findable on Google images https://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...gbv=2&aq=f&oq= I had a pet one this summer, living in my car for weeks, till my psychobastardkiller dog ate it.... Like Geckos they can change their colour, they go brown when waiting on dog poo for flies.... __________________ .....
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10-08-2009, 04:29 AM	#10
dubwise in the thick of it Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: deep dark jungle Posts: 3,002	I have never seen that before. Awesome. I'm going to go looking tomorrow. Thanks. __________________ Prov 3:5-6; Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
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