Praying Mantis Egg Case Hatches

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Praying mantis egg cases can hatch early if you leave them inside. And if it’s too early you can’t just let them go because they’ll freeze. They’re born hungry for live insects. Other praying mantids will do, but you can get them fruit flies from Petco and keep them alive until it’s warm enough for release.

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Praying Mantis Clumsily Eats Bees in Brooklyn

Praying mantises aren’t rare or graceful, but a treat to see. How do bees not notice this lobster-like monster sitting on a flower? This mantis in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park lurked on a flower, then lunged on two bees and tore them to pieces.

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What to do with cocoons falling from late winter trees?

Dreary winter is a great time to find cocoons in trees or on the ground. I found a luna or polyphemus moth cocoon and am anxiously awaiting its emergence. Turns out there’s a huge online market for cocoons among moth and butterfly breeders.

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Which is more dangerous: giant wasp or fuzzy yellow caterpillar?

wasp on top of cicada

What are those scary-looking 2-inch long wasps doing hovering over your lawn? Killing 160 cicadas in their short lives.

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What's black and white and not an Asian longhorn beetle?

At least 10 species of beetle are easily mistaken for the hated Asian longhorn beetle.

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