5 Praying Mantis Egg + FREE Hatching Habitat Bag

WE GOT THE Bugs®

5 Praying Mantis Egg + FREE Hatching Habitat Bag
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Educational and Fun Pets
One Free Hatching Habitat Hatching Bag.
This is the easiest way to hatch them. Just hang them up & check on them often. Happy Hatching
Newly hatched nymphs Can easily escape these hatching bags so there is no need to worry.
ALL EGG CASES KEPT UNDER Climate Controlled Conditions
WITH SUN AND MOSITURE NEVER IN A “FRIDGE”
Don’t miss out on your opportunity to host one of nature’s most fascinating and effective means of organic yard & garden insect control.
5 Chinese Praying Mantis Egg Case Fresh Picked

*5 Chinese Praying Mantis Egg Cases*
Educational and Fun
A Fantastic Addition To The Garden Or As A Science Project!

Praying mantids eat a wide variety of pest insects, mites, and insect eggs.

Mantis egg cases are commonly released by gardeners looking for general garden pest control without chemicals. They can be instrumental in beginning biological control as part of an integrated pest management program. Young mantids prey upon smaller soft-bodied insects, while adults graduate to larger pests. View an extended list of mantis prey below.

How Long Do Praying Mantis Egg Cases Take To Hatch?

Hatching requires at least 4 to 8 weeks of continuous warm weather (75-80°F, >50% RH) and can take as long as 6 weeks to begin. Once hatching begins, the young mantids emerge looking for something to eat. It takes just a few hours for an egg sack to complete hatching once it begins. Mantids prefer temperatures above 60°F for continued activity in the release area.
How Many Praying Mantids Are In One Egg Case?
Each praying mantis egg case, called ootheca, is collected in the wild and contains between 150?200 individual eggs.
How Many Egg Cases Should I Get?
We recommend using 3 cases every 5,000 sq. ft. or 10-100 cases per acre.
It is important to space out each egg case to limit cannibalism rates among newly hatched mantids.
How To Hatch Mantis Egg Cases Indoors:
Egg cases will need to be kept tightly closed in a container until they hatch. Either leave them in the vial they arrive in, or place them in a jar (like a pickle jar) with a tight-fitting lid. There is plenty of air in mason jars for the egg cases to remain viable. Do not use a plastic bag to hatch mantids. We recommend the mesh hatching bag that comes with your order.
To monitor hatching on individual cases, place only one egg case per container. Otherwise, you can use a larger jar and put multiples inside.
Observe closely and often. The emerging mantids will need to be released as soon as they start hatching or they will begin to eat each other.
Once you see the hatching, take them to your desired release area and sprinkle them out. You can leave the egg case outside in the event that there are still some mantids inside waiting to hatch.
If you choose to hatch outdoors, the cases and emerging mantids are vulnerable to predators and the weather. Additionally, it is easy to mistake a hatched and abandoned case for an unhatched one. Unless you closely observe the cases many times a day, you may not be aware that they have hatched and left the area. They push out between fibers in the case, which will then close up behind them, leaving no evidence of their departure.

Disclaimer: WE GOT THE Bugs® can not guarantee hatching. Praying Mantis egg cases are collected in the wild during the early winter months. All orders placed JUNE 1st or later are subject to variable hatch rates due to the effects of storage. We recommend hatching praying mantis egg cases in resealable containers or our Hatching Habitat Bag that allow for monitoring; however, cannibalism among mantids increases when they are hatched out and kept in confined environments with limited food sources. Please release immediately after hatching.

We do everything to ensure that you have the freshest egg. There is no way to tell if the egg have been fertilized or not.
There for we cannot guarantee that all eggs will hatch. By ordering these egg cases you agreed to these terms

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