Praying mantis
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meangreengrowinmachine
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Damn! That one is huge! I don't think mine will ever get that big!
meangreengrowinmachine
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Where do you get yours?
Jjgrow420
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Nature. Lol. That was on some outdoor
meangreengrowinmachine
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Ah ok I have never seen one in the wild but they are not native to my area.
cannabiscrusader
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Every egg case contains 150 - 200 praying mantis babies. I guess it depends on how big your tent is, and what number of insects (beneficial or otherwise) constitute as an infestation. Would be cool seeing a few in the tent tho.
1 REAL PRAYING MANTIS EGG CASE OOTHECA NATURAL PEST CONTROL 2024 Season | eBay
200 individual eggs. Young mantids prey upon smaller soft-bodied insects, while adults graduate to larger pests. View an extended list of mantis prey below. 1 Praying Mantis Egg 2024 + Hatching Habitat Bag FREE.
www.ebay.com
meangreengrowinmachine
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well seeing as I paid far more than thise for 4 mantis I do not think this is legit. All the legit sales I have seen the mantis sacks have 1 or 2 viable bugs in them... not 200Every egg case contains 150 - 200 praying mantis babies. I guess it depends on how big your tent is, and what number of insects (beneficial or otherwise) constitute as an infestation. Would be cool seeing a few in the tent tho.
1 REAL PRAYING MANTIS EGG CASE OOTHECA NATURAL PEST CONTROL 2024 Season | eBay
200 individual eggs. Young mantids prey upon smaller soft-bodied insects, while adults graduate to larger pests. View an extended list of mantis prey below. 1 Praying Mantis Egg 2024 + Hatching Habitat Bag FREE.www.ebay.com
meangreengrowinmachine
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yeah never buy bugs off of ebay they are just empty containers that they say contain things, I have tried more then once. DO NOT FALL FOR THAT BS
cannabiscrusader
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Not buying any, just did a quick search to get a link showing you can buy them. Didn't dive too deep, thanks for the advice
Jjgrow420
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We get tons in our backyard. Ladybugs too.
cannabiscrusader
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I'm in upstate ny, about 2hrs from Canada. Plenty of ladybugs, no mantis. Saw one in virgina this summer. I might get one now, maybe name it templeton
tree beard
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We get some biggins around here, this one was probably over 6"
cannabiscrusader
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Whereabouts? I convinced my wife into a trip to the beach on long island in February because we need sea shells for the sip mix. I tossed them in the garden lol. Just a reason to get a hotel room with a hot tub and smoke it up with my best friend on a 8 hr road trip. I'm sure I'll get little resistance when I tell her we need to go south the pick up a tent Templeton.
She would just say OK, and then ask what a Templeton is by the time we hit Pennsylvania.
She would just say OK, and then ask what a Templeton is by the time we hit Pennsylvania.
meangreengrowinmachine
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sadly they are probably not lady bugs, at least around here all the actual lady bugs have been driven out by an invasive species of asian beetle that is NOT the same at all. The little fuckers even BITE! and they eat plants not aphids, they fucking suck lol
meangreengrowinmachine
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I want one!! lol
meangreengrowinmachine
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I have a pig named templeton lol
cannabiscrusader
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But Templeton was the rat, Wilbur was the pig. Zuckerman's famous!
Jjgrow420
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Yep they're ladybirds. I have apple trees. They love them. Our yard is filled with juveniles and adults in the spring/mid summer.
I'm not far from you...if we have mantis so do you.
Obi-Wan
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These are legit but I don't know about the vitality of ebay ones They're out of season right now, but if they were stored right I don't see why they would be dead. They last months in the fridge. Each case will have 50-200 mantis. They are also cheaper in season. I think I paid around $10 or less for 2 egg cases a long time ago.
cannabiscrusader
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200 mantis would make a difficult job of cleaning. I'll have to buy the sword of 1000 dreams to slay them all just to water. Imagine all those exp points tho