Posted by bushite on March 15, 2009, 5:20 pm
Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg
pods and raising them for natural insect control.
Thanks
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Posted by Eggs Zachtly on March 15, 2009, 6:19 pm
bushite said:
> Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg
> pods and raising them for natural insect control.
What insects are you trying to control, and where are you trying to control
them?
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Posted by bushite on March 15, 2009, 8:05 pm
> bushite said:
>> Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg
>> pods and raising them for natural insect control.
> What insects are you trying to control, and where are you trying to
> control
> them?
> [...]
> --
> Eggs
> A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.
Just general garden insects. I had a couple of them back 10 years ago and I
used to hand-feed them. Really cool.
Posted by Eggs Zachtly on March 15, 2009, 9:21 pm
bushite said:
>> bushite said:
>>
>>> Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some egg
>>> pods and raising them for natural insect control.
>>
>> What insects are you trying to control, and where are you trying to
>> control
>> them?
>>
>> [...]
>>
>
> Just general garden insects. I had a couple of them back 10 years ago and I
> used to hand-feed them. Really cool.
So, you're going to train them to stay in your gardens? How many do you
think you'll need, to show effective results as "natural insect control"?
On the "cool" scale, mantids are right off the chart, but for insect
control they're not all that great. Their effect is short-lived, and they
target indescriminently (including beneficial insects and even resorting to
cannibalism).
my $.02
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Posted by bushite on March 15, 2009, 9:37 pm
> bushite said:
>>> bushite said:
>>>
>>>> Anyone here ever raise parying mantis'? I'm thinking of getting some
>>>> egg
>>>> pods and raising them for natural insect control.
>>>
>>> What insects are you trying to control, and where are you trying to
>>> control
>>> them?
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>
>> Just general garden insects. I had a couple of them back 10 years ago
>> and I
>> used to hand-feed them. Really cool.
> So, you're going to train them to stay in your gardens? How many do you
> think you'll need, to show effective results as "natural insect control"?
> On the "cool" scale, mantids are right off the chart, but for insect
> control they're not all that great. Their effect is short-lived, and they
> target indescriminently (including beneficial insects and even resorting
> to
> cannibalism).
> my $.02
> --
> Eggs
> W.I.N.D.O.W.S - Will Install Necessary Drivers, Or Won't Start.
Well thanks eggs. Maybe I should do a little more research. They are cool
creatures though.
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> pods and raising them for natural insect control.