“If you grow native plants, they will come”I didn’t see my new garden friend until its head turned to watch a bee
by Bawonga
“If you grow native plants, they will come”I didn’t see my new garden friend until its head turned to watch a bee
by Bawonga
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Jumpscare lol
I went to tend to the blackberry vines in the pretty big native back garden…a stick bug gave me the scare of my life 😂😅
I hope to see the same sight as you haha
They will eat bees if the can catch them.
Yeah so this is a non-native Chinese mantis if you’re not in Asia. They eat native pollinators. Like in this video, it’s hunting that bee.
They were eating monarchs at my place last year, and can even catch hummingbirds. They don’t have natural predators, and outcompete native mantis species.
You could keep it as a pet if you want, or it would be a good idea to kill it. It’s going to die at the first frost anyways.
Keep an eye out for any egg sacs and destroy them. There’s a [picture here](https://www.brandywine.org/conservancy/blog/invasive-mantis-species), it’s the third ooetheca halfway down the article.