Chinese Mantid
Tenoderaaridifolia
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Deer, Arkansas
Reseda, California
San Jose, California
Palm Coast, Florida
Cornelia, Georgia
Cary, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Itasca, Illinois
Park Forest, Illinois
Michigan City, Indiana
Goshen, Kentucky
Detroit, Michigan
Croton On Hudson, New York
Greensboro, North Carolina
Kannapolis, North Carolina
Glouster, Ohio
Alexandria, Pennsylvania
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Liberty Hill, Texas
Keller, Virginia
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sifterraluv
Eureka Springs, AR |
October 2010 |
Positive
In my science/biology class, we decided to collect one of these as a class pet. We discovered it was a female, and she made a foamy eggsack thing in the corner of the terrarium. We have a somewhat strong lamp directly adjacent to the terrarium-the foamy eggsack turned brown and hard, and i thought we cooked it. I told my teacher, and she assured me it was supposed to be that way, but i'm not exactly sure. The mantis made another one, so i think we destroyed the first one.
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daistuff
Cary, IL (Zone 5a) |
October 2008 |
Neutral
Based on size I think the mantid I found this year in my garden must have been Chinese, it was at least five inches long. Supposedly only three species live in Illinois, and I have mixed feelings because it is an introduced species but is a beneficial insect. This is the first one I've ever seen here and supposedly the eggs (I assume they're somewhere) can survive through the winter. This one was on my pear tree and walked across the lawn, then quickly scaled my tulip poplar, up so high I could no longer see it. Being from southern California I was recently lamenting the absence of praying mantises, only to stumble upon this beast a short while later!
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califguy12001
San Jose, CA |
August 2008 |
Positive
I have had a wonderful experience with these creatures of nature. I live in an apartment with large trees and I have an upstairs balcony as well as a downstairs patio. I have numerous plants on both that include Angel Trumpets, morning Glories, climbing roses, honeysuckle and even some Plumeria that I brought back from Maui about 5 years ago that I bought at the airport in one of those plastic bags that is only 1 stick per bag. This year it is finally going to give me blossoms on all three branches. Anyway, I just wanted to set the stage for what is next. At my local nursery, I have purchased egg cases of these wonderful creatures and happily watch them hatch later in the Spring and the little guys go scammering around finding shelter, always fun to see them all over the place. For th... read more