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Your cart is empty.Nature’s Good Guys A.K.A Soldier bug, Live Praying Mantis Egg Cases are a must have for any Organic Garden or Bug Friendly Person! Praying Mantises can be used in Vegetable Gardens, Greenhouses, Indoor Grows, On Trees, Shrubs, Ivy, anywhere pest exist or kept as pets. These beautiful insects are known to have a voracious appetite. They are strictly carnivorous and feed on almost all insects. Their favorite meals include: Crickets, Grasshoppers, Moths, Locust, Caterpillars, Flies, Cockroaches and other pests. Indoor Hatching: Simply place your hatching habitat in a warm are out of direct sunlight and check every few days for hatching. The egg cases will need approximately 70*F for 2-6 weeks depending on when the female laid the egg. Release the mantises as soon as the hatching occurs. Outdoor Hatching: Attach the egg cases to a twig or place in the crotch of the plant about 1 to 2 feet off the ground. When hatching, the young crawl from between tiny flaps and hang from silky threads about 2 inches below the egg case. Once the egg has hatched it does not change in appearance! The well camouflaged babies will disperse within an hour.
Sharon S.
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2024
Only one of the eggs hatched!
PatsyG
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2024
always successful with these eggs. they always hatch although we get hundreds of babies I never see one sign of an adult praying mantis in my garden, ever.
Ivan
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
The item arrived although the "Habitat Cup" looks different and is a clear container. One egg case hatched with plentiful cute tiny praying mantises that we let go in our yard. The critters were adorable and fearless from the start. It is really neat for the kids to see and my daughter really enjoyed the experience. However the other egg didn't end up hatching... maybe that's why there's two ?
Shopper2
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2023
We have a community garden. We decided to order praying mantis thru this vendor. In the description they say that the eggs can take up to 8 weeks to hatch. On arrival of 2 eggs . One had a dark spot. As the days go by we noticed the spot getting bigger. After 3weeks still not hatched small black bugs appeared on egg. At that point we realized the egg was mushy. The second egg which next to it started to show color change. We decided to contact the seller. They told us it is to late to complain an they packaged it and nothing is wrong with eggs. I messaged seller and said it should be considered that description states up to 8 weeks to hatch. This was week 3 5 when we noticed the that egg was mushy. They refused to replace or refund and blamed us for wetting the eggs. We never put water on the eggs. Very bad experience.
((TYPQL))
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2023
This year was my third time doing mantids with my kids. The first was about ten years ago and everything went great. I had hundreds on tiny little predators all over my yard for months. The second time was last year and the chrysalis didn’t hatch anything. This year they again hatched dozens if not hundreds. I released them into my garden with my kids and they had a blast. It almost seemed as though the little mantids didn’t want to leave us. My garden is enclosed with chicken wire so they’re fairly safe if the stay inside. They can easily leave if they want to but I’m hoping at least a few stick around. There’s plenty of mosquitoes and flies for them to munch on if they do. Next we want to try ladybugs. It’s been a fun little adventure for my kids. I spoke with customer service a couple times last year and they were VERY helpful and exceeded every expectation I had. I’ll definitely be using their services again. Either for ladybugs, worms or any other beneficial garden guests.
basil
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2023
I purchased these two oothecas and received them on March 25, one hatched April 15 and so it was approximately 3 weeks for mine or one to hatch. Both show signs of being fertile.You can poke down your ootheca once or twice with a needle, if secretions stick to it or it is compact to impale it is likely fertile. Dark fades almost always promise eggs anyways. If your ootheca indicates it isn’t fertile, keep your hopes up, the ootheca I had just hatched had a horrible gash at the top from our pet dog possibly chewing it… and it lived through bits of faint mold, and yet it jumpscared me by hatching over 70 little nymphs. Remember, oothecas are spawned to bizarre environments and are almost as resilient as nokias sometimes! 🤣I placed my oothecas by the straw to the mesh/holes atop container lids, and stuck a paper towel around the walls and misted them laden. Beneath the containers was a reptile heating pad. All in all worked.I purchased M WINGLESS fruit flies from a local pet store and they eat ravenously the next or two day, warning as they eat their siblings too..Feed them every two days, 2-5 fruit flies, and keep them in moist and welly warmed or room temperature terrariums and containers. Nymphs can easily be stressed, can escape and bolt out of sight in a heartbeat, dehydrate and drown in a droplet easily. Nymphs are extremely fast and active upon hatching, it’s recommended you have a net beneath the container upon opening it, or a bug vacuum at the ready, which I did :)I am separating many mantises to their own enclosures but am keeping half of the cup to the terrarium with captive bred springtails, isopods and ladybugs. I will release the rest to the hands of spring and the outdoor gardens. In the terrarium where wingless fruit flies had also been released and bred, they will eat each other and thrive, and the fittest will claim its home. I’m half experimenting with nature, half pet keeping, half garden controlling.. and it all works good.WASH ALL SUBSTRATE OR ELABORATED DECORATIONS AND CLIMBING TWIGS, ECT. IF FROM OUTSIDE, NEVER FEED PET MANTISES BUGS FROM OUTSIDE, RISK SPREADING DISEASES OTHERWISE.
Jeremy
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2020
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