Natural Insect Control $18.99 - Costco

[boomie]

http://www.costco.ca/en-CA/Browse/Pr...opnav=&browse=

Wow.. I can't believe they are selling these things at Costco. Seems like a good price and beats using pesticide.


Praying Mantis Natural Insect Control Egg Case
Approximately 40 to 400
Praying Mantis Eggs

$18.99

Item # 129014
Shipping & Handling included


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.



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 via UPS Ground is included in the quoted price. 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 400 Costco warehouses worldwide.

[zerocool24]

This was posted a few weeks ago, it does seem like a good deal if i didnt live in an apartment id probably get it

[mikesxf]

that is NATURAL!!!

[Strikerjs]

seems good, but the only problem is that you then have lots of mantis scurrying around your yard

[h00ch]

There's a big thread about this and lots of discussion already...

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...d.php?t=433906