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10-15-2022, 10:10 AM
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Anyone ever see preying mantis in BC?
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10-15-2022, 10:28 AM
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Yes I’ve seen them in Lake Country last year. Randomly crawling around a friends house/yard.
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10-15-2022, 11:06 AM
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Had one visit me while camping in oosooyoos.
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10-15-2022, 11:52 AM
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A friend from Lumby posted a pic in her garden, surprised me.
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10-15-2022, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
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Not often ... but Yes, we see them here (West Kootenays).
They're not considered a problem here. And they kill and
eat the odd hopper, and other pesky insects.
Selkirk
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10-15-2022, 12:24 PM
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Yes, while camping in the Okanagan. First one I had seen was in Ontario when a Shrike flew down, picked one up, then dropped it on the road in front of me. It was much bigger than what I've seen in BC.
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10-15-2022, 01:06 PM
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Funny you should ask that question today. My wife just knocked off a egg cluster that was attached to a cedar chair. We looked online and found out that it's a praying mantis egg cluster. I relocated it out back on a little retaining wall that's around the garden, and hopefully it does well there. We've had quite a few of the fully grown mantis's around this year, and I always really like seeing them.
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10-15-2022, 05:52 PM
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I've found them around Castlegar. Caught one for my niece in Calgary one spring, and she had it all summer & fall.
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10-15-2022, 06:42 PM
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I saw one in Naramata years ago. Thats the only time and place I have never seen one.
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10-16-2022, 07:24 AM
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Yes, I've got photos of some when we lived in Osoyoos!
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10-16-2022, 08:58 AM
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Yes, on the Island they're becoming more prevelent. Many greenhouses sell them as pest control
This was taken at Nanaimo Superstore
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10-16-2022, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Sporty
Yes, on the Island they're becoming more prevelent. Many greenhouses sell them as pest control
This was taken at Nanaimo Superstore
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Nice shot. I sure hope they develop a taste for the bloody stink bugs that are everywhere this year!!!
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10-16-2022, 02:27 PM
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Nice shot. I sure hope they develop a taste for the bloody stink bugs that are everywhere this year!!!
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They're terrible aren't they? We've been trapping alot of the invasive brown marmorated stink bugs this year. More than any other year. The fruit flies this year out of control as well. I should have taken the mantis home with me to live in the house, maybe I wouldn't be so over run with fruit flies
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10-16-2022, 02:36 PM
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Those stink bugs are horrific in northern Montana too
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10-18-2022, 09:11 AM
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Those stink bugs are horrific in northern Montana too
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Was just in Kalispell for the weekend. I brought packages home that had them inside somehow. Went to put my Workshoes on after I came home (they were in back of truck), and had 3 of them inside just hanging out. In total I think we had 5 or 6 make the trip back to Alberta with us. Not to mention that our seasonal home must've had dozens crawling around inside, and 4/5 on the screen of every window we opened
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10-26-2022, 08:17 PM
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Most of the Preying Mantis specimens in BC are on POF or Tinder, newly single and looking for lunch. Same as Alberta.
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10-29-2022, 01:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
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i saw one, 38-40 years ago in Osoyoos, or some where in the OK, I was a child back then.
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