Finding the sacs in your landscape should start with a little praying mantis egg sac info. When do mantis sacs hatch? These predatory insects begin to emerge from their casings as soon as temperatures warm in spring. That means you should be hunting for cases from late fall into earlyRead More →
“Usually it takes a week or two for temperate species, but tropical species can take much longer,” says mantis expert Andrew Pfeifer of Monroe County, N.C., administrator for the public Facebook page, Mantis Keepers. “My Plistospilota guineensis took almost a month to lay hers. Can you hatch praying mantis eggs?Read More →
Its mating behaviour is widely known: The bigger adult female devours the male after, or sometimes during, the mating process, for nutrition. This behaviour doesn’t seem to deter males from reproduction. It does make them wary of the female’s size and strength at times. How does praying mantises have babies?Read More →