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Wazza McG starts with ... Hi, I want to see if I can start breeding some Garden Praying Mantis - does anyone know where you could purchase some foam egg casts called an ootheca? As I child, I can recall them being abundant but rarely do I see them now - if at all. Happy to purchase them off anyone who can locate the egg casts. Cheers Warren
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Jason says... I only see a praying mantis about once a year these days, there were many many time more of them around 20 years ago. But I could say the same about stick insects and lots of crazy different coloured spiders you just don't see any more at all. Not enough bush and too many sprays around these days | About the Author Jason Portland 6th December 2011 6:28am #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wazza McG says... Thanks Peter, my addy is mcgoldrick1(AT)optusnet.com.au. That's my thoughts as well Jason - I want to see if I can breed a few up then let the offspring guard my vegie garden. The photo is the variety I am after, however, will take any mantis egg casts people can find.
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About the Author MaryT Sydney 6th December 2011 2:33pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... They love finger lime trees. Always had about a dozen mantis coocoons in there at laying time. Unfortunately, once I removed the finger lime, I removed most of the mantis from the garden. Oh well, I have another finger lime growing now (better tasting and in a more suitable position) that will hopefully replace their habitat. They are very good inscets to have around as they are voracious predators of many other insects, most of them what we'd consider pests. Dragon Flies are another good'un. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 6th December 2011 3:07pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... They are really good guys MaryT...! Such a cool insect to watch in action. Don't the casts hatch in spring tho..? I have lots of babies around at present. Some of them are quite different to the big green ones...they are brown and speckly and have slightly 'furry' front legs..very cute ;) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton, Mid West WA 6th December 2011 3:08pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Mary T I also have big dragonflies.A Carboniferous hangover called Petalura buzzed my place not long ago.My place seems to get big insects like hercules moths,birdwing butterflies and some big stick insects.The ducks had a tug-o-war over a spiny stick insect on the weekend but refused to tangle with big snappy longicorn beetles tossed to them. | About the Author Cairns 7th December 2011 12:20am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wazza McG says... Peter - Thanks again for your offer ;-) To those to have seen them teeming in your area, any idea of the laying time? or is it random and you see egg casts and young ones at different intervals throughout the year? Mike do you have any egg casts you can spare? The stick insect sounds interesting as well. | About the Author wazzamcg Brisbane 7th December 2011 6:32am #UserID: 4149 Posts: 101 View All wazzamcg's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... It's a Phasmid (stick insect) of some sort, possibly a Spiny Leaf. These guys are herbivorous and can cause a bit of foliage damage to your trees (my Guava's seem to attract some of these leaf munchers). Fascinating creatures. I relocate them to surrounding bushland rather than kill them, as there's never many at once. | About the Author VF Wongawallan 23rd April 2013 12:43am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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