Those fascinating creatures have been working hard in your garden all summer long. Now that it’s autumn the praying mantids are engaging in their grande finales for the year, as they meet their mates …at long last, and begin a new cycle of life.

Where Can a Praying Mantis be Found?

Stagmomantis californica nymphs hatch in the spring, as tiny replicas of their parents, in western gardens. The cute, tiny creatures seem so deceptively harmless, as they begin their work, eating practically anything that moves. They are the home gardener’s friend, as one of their first and favorite meals will most likely be an aphid. Many gardeners buy praying mantis egg casings (ootheca) at garden supply shops, if they can find them. Ootheca usually contain about 40 to 200 eggs, but after hatching, the hungry hatchlings eat the first thing they see, which is usually another hatchling. This can cut down the population by half! Other gardeners are lucky enough to find the adult insects living in their gardens already. Organic gardeners often find that the mantids from neighboring yards will fly to their yards to escape the inhospitality of their neighbors who often disturb their garden’s ecosystems by using sprays, or other types of pesticides or defoliants.

Why Would Anyone Want a Praying Mantis in Their Yard?

Because they eat practically anything that comes within their reach, some gardeners do not go out of their way to buy praying mantis egg casings. It has been said that mantids could be just as harmful to beneficial insect populations. But, the great good that juvenile mantids do in eating large quantities of aphids, gnats, and whiteflies seems to make them welcome in most organic gardens.

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