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praying mantis

scratch
19 years ago

Hi,

I have found a praying mantis this week. I had purchased a couple egg pods out of Ontario. They had all hatched and we got to watch, the boys loved it. I believe it helps me in my garden with bug control. Anyway we had not seen any for months but just this week found one living on our trellis on the garage. Haven't seen any pods yet but I would like to know if I should bring it in because it would certainly not live in this climate(it gets very cold and lots of snow). And I have read that they do live for a year so by leaving it outside would be it would die earlier or will it survive the cold winter and snow? I live in N.B. Canada Thanks for any suggestions!

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  • socks
    19 years ago

    I really don't know if it could survive the winter, but I have kept them in a container giving them crickets to eat (purchased from the pet store). It would also need some source of water. They are such interesting insects.

    Here's a site if you are interested...

    Here is a link that might be useful: mantis care

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