No matter how many times I come across one, I always get a kick when I find a praying mantis egg case. The tan-colored egg cases are somewhat common but hard enough to find that it makes them a bit of ...

Even though it happens every fall, I’m always pleasantly surprised to find a praying mantis egg case. In our garden, I found the first one a couple of weeks ago. I’m sure there were others around ...

“Hey, guys, come quick! Look at this!” exclaimed one of our most senior Master Gardeners at the West Valley Food Garden last week. Our small herd of workers hurried over to see what she was so excited ...

About 1,800 species of praying mantids exist around the world. People often refer to any mantid as praying mantis, but mantises are part of a smaller group within the mantids. They get their name ...

Even though I know that praying mantises are not native to New England and that they are not beneficial (due to their voracious appetites for anything small and alive) I still wait for them to show up ...