Praying mantis females lay their eggs in autumn on vertical surfaces. As leaves fall, praying mantis egg cases become easier ...

Keeping praying mantises around may seem like good common sense. You want to bring good insects into your garden, and they're effective pest controllers. As with a lot of garden advice, though, things ...

After writing about the fig beetle – a shiny green scarab beetle that feeds on overripe fruit and decomposing organic matter ...

Praying mantises are an excellent addition to any garden. They control pests and are just plain cool to find. In this article ...

Praying Mantids can be purchased from plant nurseries as a group of tiny hatchlings shortly after emerging from their ootheca ...

Watching a praying mantis turn its head to look at me is fascinating yet a little unnerving since they look like alien creatures. Looking closely at your garden, you might just see one of these cool ...

It’s not every day that you see a praying mantis in Jamaica Plain. Yet alone on the porch of a third floor apartment. “I went out on the porch because I saw that my plants had blown over and when I ...

This year, local students lobbied Connecticut lawmakers to change our state insect, which is currently the praying mantis. This hour, we are focused on the praying mantis. We learn about the insect, ...

The nearest known populations of praying mantises are in Belgium. The insect is a strong flyer, so it could easily reach the Netherlands. It is not clear how it ended up on the Meinweg. Raaijmakers ...