We have A Preying Mantis, What do they eat?

[SteveHarpster]

very cool they are the most awesome garden bugs you will ever have.... I save all the eggs they leave in my garden every year. they are family. they eat everything. good and bad bugs but they come back every year. do you know what the eggs look like?

[badboyorganics]

@SteveHarpster No I do not know what the mantis eggs look like. Do you have a video?

Thanks for watching and commenting.

-Devin

BBO

[SteveHarpster]

@badboyorganics I will do a video soon on the eggs. I think a lot of people when they prune get rid of them not knowing.



[TheBmxman555]

they eat any thing you put in front of them . i think that one is actually a female. i raise them as pets and over the summer ive had 3 females and i found a small snake and i put it in her cage and she ate over half of it. i love these insects.

[badboyorganics]

@TheBmxman555 That is crazy... I didn't know they would do that.

What happens to them when it gets cold out or the weather conditions are not favorable for them to live in?

What is their life expectancy?

Thanks for watching and commenting.

Devin

BBO

[TheBmxman555]

@badboyorganics they live for about a year in captivity. the chinese praying mantiss like the one there are not picky at all with the environment. as long as it is not cold and there is a good amount of food for them to eat they will be perfectly fine.

thanks for your cool videos

dylan

[badboyorganics]

@TheBmxman555 You mentioned Chinese, why are they called that?

Where do they go when it is cold like here in Indiana?

Thanks for watching and commenting!

-Devin

BBO

[Ineedmorelives]

This is really interesting hehe. They look like aliens.

[badboyorganics]

@Ineedmorelives BUT awesome to have around.

Devin

BBO

[GospelTruth37059]

The praying mantis say..o yes the Lord he does supply! Don't tell me prayer don't work (grinning). Horn worm for tomorrow yaaaaaaaaaaa :)

[Wormy365]

More like, what want they eat? Seen one eat a humming bird,gold fish ...anything!

[badboyorganics]

@Wormy365 Sounds like if they will eat anything.

Thanks for watching and commenting.

-Devin

BBO

[GettingThereGreen]

cool stuff! we just posted a video today with a big praying mantis that lives in our garden too. little different variety of praying mantis but cool. They aren't used to having food presented to them. they like to catch it. so your mantis probably will still eat the hornworm, in its own time. I just read earlier today that if you have a "pet" mantis, it takes about 3 days of hand feeding them for them to get used to taking food you presented to them. they can eat like 7 bugs a day. ~Amanda

[badboyorganics]

@GettingThereGreen Thanks Amanad, I will check out your video.

Devin

BBO

[Zeden2010]

He's gotta be full after eating a whole grasshopper...

[Zeden2010]

Mantis make great pets and they eat other bugs.

[vidaripollen]

all the pests.