[Costco] Costco, HD - Praying Mantis - Fight mosquitoes, Flies, wasps in a natural way
Copying my old post since Praying Mantis are on sale again
This year even better deal is available from Home depot - only $12.99 for the egg case + shipping
Info from HD
$12.99
ONLINE INVENTORY 487 available
ESTIMATED DELIVERY TIME:
3 TO 6 DAYS
FREE RETURNS
My own comment - I bought them last year and bought them again this year! They are real fun to watch (especially when they grow big towards September), and they never bite people. Unlike any other insect you can easily put it on your hand and it will stay still for some time.
Please : no Simpson jokes (they can be found in previous threads)!
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Praying Mantis Natural
Insect Control Egg Case
Costco Item # 129014
Shipping & Handling included
$19.99
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An excellent general predator! Praying mantis consumes aphids, beetles, flies, mosquitos, moths, caterpillars and any insect they can catch. Praying mantis, an insect with an innate killer attitude, is a great garden predator. One egg case hatches many tiny babies that quickly disperse throughout your garden. Your egg case contains approximately 40 to 400 eggs.
Mating occurs in early fall and another egg case will be laid that will hatch the following summer. The egg case is laid as a foam that hardens into a spongy almost indestructible mass, usually laid attached to a shrub, weed, grass, etc., a few feet off the ground. The egg mass survives freezing, thawing, rain and all the elements to hatch in the early summer to start the cycle again.
Click here to learn more about Praying Mantis.
Features:
Hatching will occur by June
Egg case contains 40 to 400 young mantis
Most often green but sometimes brown
Very territorial, will create a home where hatched
Feeds on anything they can catch
Late summer mating season
How to apply
Place egg case outside in the spring attaching the egg case using the included mesh bag in a plant, shrub or tree 1 to 1.5 m (3 to 5 ft.) above ground, or to observe, place in sealable white paper bag and place inside in south facing window checking daily. Tiny mantis will hatch in 1 to 8 weeks and all eggs will hatch within 1 to 2 hours, leaving the egg case visibly unchanged. Release tiny mantis immediately outside onto plants after the hatching occurs. They will quickly disperse throughout your yard to mature and lay eggs, continuing your population next season.
How much do I need?
One egg case covers approximately 90 sq. m (1000 sq. ft.)
Specifications:
Egg case dimensions (dia.):
2.54 cm (1 in.)
Shipping & Terms
Standard shipping is via UPS Ground. The estimated delivery time will be approximately 7 - 10 business days from the time of order.
Costco.ca offers merchandise which complements our warehouse product selection. Therefore, most items available on our web site are unique to costco.ca.
Costco.ca products can be returned to any of our more than 500 Costco warehouses worldwide.
This year even better deal is available from Home depot - only $12.99 for the egg case + shipping
Info from HD
$12.99
ONLINE INVENTORY 487 available
ESTIMATED DELIVERY TIME:
3 TO 6 DAYS
FREE RETURNS
My own comment - I bought them last year and bought them again this year! They are real fun to watch (especially when they grow big towards September), and they never bite people. Unlike any other insect you can easily put it on your hand and it will stay still for some time.
Please : no Simpson jokes (they can be found in previous threads)!
************************************************************************************************************
Praying Mantis Natural
Insect Control Egg Case
Costco Item # 129014
Shipping & Handling included
$19.99
[IMG]http://content.costco.ca/Images/Content ... 29014c.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://content.costco.ca/Images/Content ... 4cLL_v.jpg[/IMG]
An excellent general predator! Praying mantis consumes aphids, beetles, flies, mosquitos, moths, caterpillars and any insect they can catch. Praying mantis, an insect with an innate killer attitude, is a great garden predator. One egg case hatches many tiny babies that quickly disperse throughout your garden. Your egg case contains approximately 40 to 400 eggs.
Mating occurs in early fall and another egg case will be laid that will hatch the following summer. The egg case is laid as a foam that hardens into a spongy almost indestructible mass, usually laid attached to a shrub, weed, grass, etc., a few feet off the ground. The egg mass survives freezing, thawing, rain and all the elements to hatch in the early summer to start the cycle again.
Click here to learn more about Praying Mantis.
Features:
Hatching will occur by June
Egg case contains 40 to 400 young mantis
Most often green but sometimes brown
Very territorial, will create a home where hatched
Feeds on anything they can catch
Late summer mating season
How to apply
Place egg case outside in the spring attaching the egg case using the included mesh bag in a plant, shrub or tree 1 to 1.5 m (3 to 5 ft.) above ground, or to observe, place in sealable white paper bag and place inside in south facing window checking daily. Tiny mantis will hatch in 1 to 8 weeks and all eggs will hatch within 1 to 2 hours, leaving the egg case visibly unchanged. Release tiny mantis immediately outside onto plants after the hatching occurs. They will quickly disperse throughout your yard to mature and lay eggs, continuing your population next season.
How much do I need?
One egg case covers approximately 90 sq. m (1000 sq. ft.)
Specifications:
Egg case dimensions (dia.):
2.54 cm (1 in.)
Shipping & Terms
Standard shipping is via UPS Ground. The estimated delivery time will be approximately 7 - 10 business days from the time of order.
Costco.ca offers merchandise which complements our warehouse product selection. Therefore, most items available on our web site are unique to costco.ca.
Costco.ca products can be returned to any of our more than 500 Costco warehouses worldwide.