Best friend!! These guys are the ultimate garden predator and super cool to have around.
personality635
Fweeeeend 🫶
Delicious_Type9760
Praying mantis are little assassins. I always considered them beneficial.
_ghostperson
Waterboard it and see if it has buttworms!!
Edit: they carry parasitic buttworms. Praying mantis are awesome bugs and I’m saying this to help the mantis purge the worms, not harm the mantis.
Bfield1031
Friend! I love them.
Annual_Judge_7272
Best friend
kcd151621
Very good friend!
Dear_Mess_1617
BFF for sure
notsonutzy
What a beauty and definitely a friend.
kadrin88
Better to ask r/nativeplantgardening. They might better know if it’s the invasive variety or not.
Edit: fixed it.
Soillover1968
Bestest best best friend!!! And so cool to watch!!!
new-wool-star-morn
They’re darlings!!
CReisch21
The only thing they do I don’t like is when they get big enough, they will kill and eat humming birds. I love my little humming birds.
Sonoran_Dog70
Always brings a smile when I find a mantis or an orb weaver in my garden.
resalin
He looks like he’s made of metal
knowwwhat
Best friend for you, and an enemy of your enemies. Enjoy your new friend, I’m so jealous 😍
ToadLoverOfTule
Friend unless he is on your hummingbird feeder. Then you can just move him to another location.
Jfragz40
THE best friend for your garden
sarg7ant
FRIEND!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ he will genocide all the pests that kill your plants.
fatinhollywood
acnh has done me a solid
Its_a_stateofmind
The kind of friend we wish we all had, but definitely the kind we all need.
Reinheitsgetoot
Depends if it thinks you’re a mate.
Perfect_Collar_3139
Friend for you, Foe for its mate lol
happyjazzycook
Big time friend!
bebesloth69
Pewter Protector of Plants 🙂
NaiveZest
Absolute friend.
Internal_Piece6588
Friend 🤗
katjoy63
Friend!
Academic-Change-2042
Mantids are not really friends or foes. They eat good and bad insects alike, and some have even been seen eating hummingbirds (if you don’t believe me, Google it).
acatwithumbs
It looks like from other replies you’re potentially concerned about them being invasive? If that’s true I’d say don’t focus too much on killing Chinese mantis just because they’re such a longstanding “invasive species” for over 130 years. Plus it can be tricky to properly ID. But that’s just my perspective, some may disagree.
You can cull their egg sacs if you’re really concerned and find them in your yard, (there’s also ID guides but I’ve been struggling with positive IDing on those too.) But you’ve probably already got “non-native bees” using your garden too. More helpful to just build up an ecosystem that supports native inhabitants, at least in my opinion cuz I feel bad about ever hurting these guys. They’re such fascinating bugs to watch, and they definitely watch you back, it’s wild!
You can always move them to a different hunting area if you’re worried tho.
FriendIndependent240
Amigo
Hazy_eye_dc5
Might be one of those invasive Chinese hummingbird destroyers. Lowe’s sells these in their stores. Not a friend in my yard
militiadisfruita
so good. not sure if you know this, but they can fly. and if they like you they will fly straight at your head.
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Best friend!! These guys are the ultimate garden predator and super cool to have around.
Fweeeeend 🫶
Praying mantis are little assassins. I always considered them beneficial.
Waterboard it and see if it has buttworms!!
Edit: they carry parasitic buttworms. Praying mantis are awesome bugs and I’m saying this to help the mantis purge the worms, not harm the mantis.
Friend! I love them.
Best friend
Very good friend!
BFF for sure
What a beauty and definitely a friend.
Better to ask r/nativeplantgardening. They might better know if it’s the invasive variety or not.
Edit: fixed it.
Bestest best best friend!!! And so cool to watch!!!
They’re darlings!!
The only thing they do I don’t like is when they get big enough, they will kill and eat humming birds. I love my little humming birds.
Always brings a smile when I find a mantis or an orb weaver in my garden.
He looks like he’s made of metal
Best friend for you, and an enemy of your enemies. Enjoy your new friend, I’m so jealous 😍
Friend unless he is on your hummingbird feeder. Then you can just move him to another location.
THE best friend for your garden
FRIEND!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ he will genocide all the pests that kill your plants.
acnh has done me a solid
The kind of friend we wish we all had, but definitely the kind we all need.
Depends if it thinks you’re a mate.
Friend for you, Foe for its mate lol
Big time friend!
Pewter Protector of Plants 🙂
Absolute friend.
Friend 🤗
Friend!
Mantids are not really friends or foes. They eat good and bad insects alike, and some have even been seen eating hummingbirds (if you don’t believe me, Google it).
It looks like from other replies you’re potentially concerned about them being invasive? If that’s true I’d say don’t focus too much on killing Chinese mantis just because they’re such a longstanding “invasive species” for over 130 years. Plus it can be tricky to properly ID. But that’s just my perspective, some may disagree.
You can cull their egg sacs if you’re really concerned and find them in your yard, (there’s also ID guides but I’ve been struggling with positive IDing on those too.) But you’ve probably already got “non-native bees” using your garden too. More helpful to just build up an ecosystem that supports native inhabitants, at least in my opinion cuz I feel bad about ever hurting these guys. They’re such fascinating bugs to watch, and they definitely watch you back, it’s wild!
You can always move them to a different hunting area if you’re worried tho.
Amigo
Might be one of those invasive Chinese hummingbird destroyers. Lowe’s sells these in their stores. Not a friend in my yard
so good. not sure if you know this, but they can fly. and if they like you they will fly straight at your head.