Good Bugs for your garden

[Luke]

Just a quick questions about "Praying Mantis & Lady Bugs".I know there both benificial insects to have in your garden, if you have a pest problem,but will the praying mantis eat the lady bugs, if the food supply runs out??????

 

[fdd2blk]

praying mantis will eat anything they can over power.




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[Luke]

So what is better to use?I believe they both eat aphids,spidermites and white flys,Right.What would you recommend????

 

[fdd2blk]

So what is better to use?I believe they both eat aphids,spidermites and white flys,Right.What would you recommend????

outdoors i have mantis, pirate bugs and ladybugs.
pirate bugs being the best.

 

[metagrower]

praying mantis will eat anything they can over power.


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WHOA!

"As you can see from the photographs this hungry mantis captured and killed a hummingbird not much smaller than itself. The hummer measured 2 inches and the mantis was about the same! The mantis used its spiny left foreleg to impale the hummingbird through the chest while leaving his right leg free."

-Cynical-C Blog: Praying Mantis vs. Hummingbird

 

[doctorRobert]

how do you keep them in your grow area if your growing in the woods?

 

[metagrower]

how do you keep them in your grow area if your growing in the woods?

That I am aware of, there is no way to specifically contain them. That being said, they will prey where their prey is, as long as there is food supply there. Furthermore, they will likely make a home near their primary source of food, which would hopefully be near your plants if you have this problem. Introducing them to your grow as a preventative measure would be difficult, however; I would imagine.