Using Praying Mantis in the Garden? - WATCH THIS FIRST
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Praying Mantis can be a great asset in the garden garden, keeping it free of pests that can harm your plants. BUT you need to make sure to get the native Carolina Mantis and not the invasive Chinese Mantis or you risk them preying on the pollinators you are trying to tempt into your garden!
Get your Carolina Mantis Ootheca here: (I recieve no compensation etc from this link, just a good resource for you!) usmantis.com/c...
I appreciate that you did your research because many gardening videos promote the Chinese Mantis and they are unknowingly doing more harm than good.
First video that mentioned this. All other videos I’ve watched are all promoting the Chinese mantis because they hardy. Was wondering if mantis eat pollinators. Thanks for the advice.
Thank you so much for this information! I actually have one of those Chinese Mantis eggs in my fridge and I was checking online about how to hatch the mantids when I happened upon your video. I am so very glad I did! Last year, I had many Monarch butterflies in my garden and this year, I have many finches and bluebirds and a Chinese Mantis is the LAST thing I want to release! I will be destroying that egg and have already ordered a Carolina Mantis egg. I will share your video far and wide as well. Thank you again!
I am so glad you are stressing which Mantis is the correct one. I bought 2 Carolina Mantis Oothecas can’t wait til they hatch, thank you for showing how to attach it in the garden!
Yay!!! I can't wait to order mine for the year! I'm growing in 4 different garden spaces and plan to get an ootheca for each space!
Can you share where you purchased your carolina mantis?
I got mine at US Mantis! This is NOT an affiliate link: usmantis.com/collections/praying-mantis-egg-cases-ooths-for-sale/products/carolina-mantis-ooths
Yes yes yes!! So glad to see this video!! My area also benefits from European mantis that are also smaller than Chinese mantis, they can eat bees but aren’t as impactful as Chinese mantis on pollinators
the carolina mantis will also eat larger things like butterflies and bees... The hummingbird thing is not a regular occurrence. But mostly good information!
Not as often though as they are smaller and can't really handle the larger prey.
In any case, invasive or native, either is better than smothering your garden in pesticides.
Just now looking into adding mantis to my garden. So glad I found your and make sure I add the correct ones. I already have ladybugs and lacewings. I don’t want to upset those
This is awesome information, I had no idea!! I have to look into this and hopefully get some of these! Plus I think my boys would love to watch these hatch and watch them work in the garden!! Thanks!
Thank you for watching! I am hoping this video makes some small impact!
Thanks! This year, I'm trying something new with my Hibiscus: the praying mantis to protect it from Japanese/June Bugs/Emerald Beetles. Sitting out 24/7 to mash bugs can be a nightmare. Last year, I finally grew my prized Hibiscus to about 6ft tall with dinner plate-sized flowers in various shades, from light pink to deep reds. Last year, they turned a striking deep red! It's always amusing when people see them a different color every year You can play around with changing the colors, different factors like water and fertilizers
I destroyed one of the bad eggs a couple years ago. Glad I did.
Next year I am getting a dozen of the Carolina oothecas. That way I can hopefully boost the local population.
Thanks very much mate. Im actually in Melbourne Australia, so i shouldn’t get the Carolina mantis obviously. But you’ve made me realise I should go find out which mantis I should get fir my area- and especially you’ve taught me not to order the Chinese mantis !! Because I’m sure he would eat our lovely ladybugs etc snd butterflies etc too. I DONT want this. I have subscribed. I found you solid and grounded. I have just purchased a house in the country. Ive lived in a city apartment. My previous gardening experience ? - i have grown ONE pot plant in my kitchen for the last eighteen years. Its still alive. However its a species hard to kill. So I’m starting from absolutely nowhere. Ive picked out a range of vegetables and lemongrass that i want to grow to start. I picked vegetables which need similar drainage, soil type and ph, so that they can all grow together and its simple for me to treat them all the same. Well, here hies nothing. Thanks for your advice. I’m off to see which mantises i must get- and where is a RELIABLE HONEST source of them
Great idea! I think it's just always a best practice to work with the native population whenever possible. I used to think I wanted to have honeybee hives too to help my pollination but the more I have read about the effectiveness of European honeybees vs our native bumbles and other bees and insects? Now I plant things to attract them rather that worrying about honeybees.
I wish you all the luck in the world with your garden! Don't hesitate to ask me any gardening questions! I might be able to help! 😁
hmmm! I never thought of releasing other bugs to help the garden. Great video.
I released ladybugs recently too! Bye bye aphids!
Thank you so much for the information I am appreciative only Carolina mantises for a garden two thumbs up
Damn. I destroyed a couple of casings that looked like the good one you showed a month ago. I thought it was a moth cocoon. I came here today because I saw a huge mantis on one of my plants today. I started my garden years ago and this is the first one I've seen. So good.
Hey, you can only work with the information you have at the time!
This was really good information and so important. Thank you!
:D You are very welcome!!!
I found your video while searching to see if the cocoons I noticed today were a praying mantis and they are. But I won't be killing them even though they are the large, Chinese mantis. A personal preference but I try not to kill anything and let nature take it's course. Besides, I love the look of those buggers and have never seen more than a few in my gardens over the years and I have been gardening for over 30 years here in the Midwest ☺
Wow. So important. We just got an eggcase from our garden to hatch indoors. Looks like your Carolina. We got around 50.
Yahoo!!! 😍
LOVE IT
Thanks!!! 😀
But like, if given the opportunity the Carolina mantises also be eating humming birds.
They aren't generally successful though, being nearly half the size of the Chinese mantis
You’re right I bought Chinese mantids from Amazon. Just released them. Crazy! We’ll see if birds get them. No real pollinators in my veggie garden so I’m wonder how far they can travel.
They'll at least take care of plenty of pest bugs while they grow
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Thank you for the good info , really appreciate it...
Just what I was looking for, I was wondering about mantis in the garden
Definitely look for the Carolina Mantis then! They need all the help they can get as the Chinese Mantis prey on them too! The company US Mantis is where I got mine.
The mantis is is a good garden friend
Well shoot i wish I would have watched this first I just released them. Thanks for this info!
Always go native everywhere has native mantis check gotta do some research!
Yup, native is almost always the best way to go!
I have been studying mantises for a couple of years now and stumbled upon this video while I was looking for a neat pest control, while you did state facts which I find great, I would personally not recommend in destroying the Giant Chinese mantises ootheca’s, even though they are considered bugs, pests and invasive species as shown in your video, they are however somewhat intelligent and when you really think about it killing bugs that have not even hatched yet seems a bit inhuman, I have instead of killing these creatures donated them to a nearby exotic pet store, at the pet store they can be properly hatched and hopefully sent to a person capable of keeping them as a pet, or instead keep the ootheca in a container and once the praying mantises hatch keep one or two and donate the rest, usually the exotic pet stores should take them in unless they are out of room/supplies for the mantises, then you may kill them once all hope for saving them lost, to properly euthanize a praying mantis you should put them in a freezer where they will die a fast and not very slow death. (By the way this is not a hate comment it is just a simple suggestion)
Yes, I was relaying what I have learned but I definitely feel that any mantis is far better for pest management than using any pesticide!
@@WickedAwesomeGardening Thank you for responding.
Very useful and informative upload. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
Thanks!
So using them in a indoor garden would matter what species you're have correct
Is it just this particular kind that do not eat aphids? I’ve never heard of mantises that don’t eat aphids-I have praying mantises in my garden every year that I watch from babies to adulthood (I don’t keep them in captivity, they just love my butterfly Bush and many of them stay here for life), anyway every year I watch them feast on the aphids at the tops of my butterfly Bush, they eat those more than they eat anything else. But maybe Carolina mantises are different? I’m in Philly PA
Awesome info I just bought mantis eggs and they are Chinese mantis 😫 definitely not releasing those!
I should have said in this video that any mantis is going to be better than dumping pesticides and chemicals on your plants. I just wish these companies would wise up and start selling the native variety over the invasive!
@@WickedAwesomeGardening that is fair. Have you heard of eco bran? I'm wondering if it is very damaging supposedly it will only kill grass hoppers and certain beetles....
Nope, haven't heard of it!
Fantastic video, thank you so much!!
:) You're welcome!
I use the Chinese ones to protect my weed plants
Thanks for the info!
You're welcome!
The carolina mantis will eat the same things. Chinese praying mantis wont kill all your birds and butterflies. Rarely will they eat prey that large. Any praying mantis is better than chemicals.
Carolina Mantis are significantly small than the Chinese Mantis so they generally can't handle the larger prey. But I do agree that either Mantis is way better than chemical pest control. I don't advocate for destroying the Chinese Mantis egg sacs like some do. Just to be conscious of what one is buying, and seek out the native species.
Wow, very important info will share for sure.
Thanks! If we want to help our pollinators populations we need to look to our own pest control measures and keep the balance!
@@WickedAwesomeGardening exactly! Sometimes we can "try too hard", and mess the balance up.
Exactly! Like killing an ant with a sledge hammer
Good Job
Thanks!!!
I did not know that, thank you for sharing 😊
But my backyard got some big cockroaches, do you think Caroline mantis can handle them? Chinese mantis handle them pretty easy and quick
I wish I could release mantis here :'( You're all so lucky! Nice video, a few technical mistakes but nothing too serious 😆
Yeah, this video is a couple years old and there is definitely information I would change. I may do a newer version when I get some new ootheca at my new property.
@@WickedAwesomeGardening I'm a UK mantis breeder and for me to buy oothecas from the USA it would cost 100s of pounds! Luckily I had a friend there send me a Chinese mantis ooth, still looking for the Carolina though!!!
TY very much!!!!!!!!!!!
Great info.
The praying mantis is a beneficial insect.
I was looking for info on ways to attract more to my garden. We have them all over here but I normally get 1-2 a year.
I actually just did a video on what to plant to attract predator bugs into your garden earlier this week, LOL!
ua-cam.com/video/GlyU3QJTJ2I/v-deo.html
Mantis like things like marigold, dill, cosmos, and fennel. Also raspberry canes and roses.
@@WickedAwesomeGardening oooooh thank you so much!!!
@@stupiid13 You're welcome!!!
Son of a BEE! I bought chinese and now i am going to get carolina. I wish they didnt eat honey bees. I was hoping to get a nice set up to start keeping bees soon. Where are you located? I am in Mass. Thank you
@WickedAwesomeGardening
I am also in MA but about to move to NH!
Can you share where you purchased yours? Looking for reputable sellers.
Yes, I bought mine from US Mantis. I thought I had a link in the description but I don't! Here you go! (And I'll pop it in the video description as well)
usmantis.com/collections/praying-mantis-egg-cases-ooths-for-sale/products/carolina-mantis-ooths
My friend's dad got the Chinese Mantis by mistake and they ate his dog.
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I bought the chinese ones and when I released them today the red ants are fighting them.
Hopefully the babies are big enough to take down the ants! The Chinese Mantis aren't the worst thing out there and are certainly better pest control than using a bunch of chemicals. It's just that there is a better option between the two.
@@WickedAwesomeGardening Most of them are just climbing on anything tall and lay upside down. Seems like hundreds still haven't jumped out of the cup.. I keep checking every 30 minutes LOL
Nooooo😢 I just released the Chinese Mantis all over my plants. I got the egg in Lowe’s, why are they doing this? I usually have bees and humming birds 🤦🏽♀️. What have I done. I watched so many videos but none of them mentioned this. What can I do to fix it other than finding them and squishing them?
This is native to the USA or North Carolina?
They are called Carolina Matis but they are native to the USA in genera as well as Mexico and South Americal. :)
How do you store them before placing out as well when do you put them out?
Thank you for your time,
Jon
I actually just wait til it's warm enough to put it directly outside before I order them.
Is July in zone 8a, Mississippi, too hot to hatch the eggs?
Would the Carolinas eat my lady bugs? I have a bad caterpillar infestation in my cannabis plants. So next year was planning on a big mesh net and just letting them live in there. Any recommendations? Thanks
They would, because they are small :/ but if you are keeping them under mesh anyway they should be fine :)
I just found a baby mantis in my garden
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Can they survive North Dakota winters?
Yup!
@WickedAwesomeGardening I just wasn't sure it's brutal here. I was laying in bed the other night and just randomly thought about mantises
Nah i want the bees eatin. So thanks for the chinese mantis promo😂
🤣 too each their own I suppose!
Awesome video, what if I live in Southern California does the Carolina mantis apply as well?
They are found *mostly* in the Midwest and the Eastern states/Mexico/South America but they have been found in California too.
Although there is also a species called the California Mantis (new info for me too!) that is native to the west coast! If I were you I would look for those vs the invasive Chinese and European mantis. 😁
@@WickedAwesomeGardening ok thanks
You're welcome! 😁
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Double checking all this time later my sub stuck! I like to go back and check from time to time
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You neglect to mention that all praying mantises do not discriminate on what they eat so please please don't sit there and discriminate on a Chinese mantis even though all mantises will eat beneficial insects as well as bad insects
Wow! I had no idea. Crap!
I didn't either until a couple years ago!