The Chinese Mantis （Tenodera sinensis）中華大刀螳

The Chinese Mantis （Tenodera sinensis）中華大刀螳

The Chinese Mantis （Tenodera sinensis）中華大刀螳

The Chinese Mantis （Tenodera sinensis）中華大刀螳

The Chinese Mantis （Tenodera sinensis）中華大刀螳

 

They are out! 🙂 My great little garden helpers are out, just one by one hatched and emerged from their egg case which their mother laid last end of fall in my garden.

‘The Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis) is a species of praying mantis native to China. Around 1895 the species was imported to North America for biological pest control. ‘ — Wikipedia.

原產自中國,體長10公分左右，黃褐色或綠色, 於19世紀末被引入北美用來生物防治蟲害.　雄性腹部有８節，雌性有６節.

 

 

Praying mantis egg cases 螳螂泡巢

Praying mantis egg cases 螳螂泡巢

Praying mantis egg cases 螳螂泡巢

Praying mantises are precious beneficial insects can help in the garden and farm. These egg cases or oothecae (ootheca /oʊ.əˈθiːkə/, pl. oothecae /oʊ.əˈθiːsiː/) one is on climbing rose and the other one is on Clematis.

I hope they will hatch in late spring! Sometimes I still buy couple more just in case if they are not fertilized eggs. Natural insect control for my flowers and veggies is the safest thing to do for your garden! 🙂

有趣的午後花園Interesting afternoon in my garden

We were having our tea in our backyard in the afternoon, I saw a pair of praying mantis mating, a cicada flying by and making noise, a humming bird enjoy and rest on a humming bird feeder, squirrel was moving her young one by one from old nest to new warm nest back and forth. And I, I enjoyed tea and harvested some garden vegetables!
午後我們在後花園喝下午茶時,看到一對配對了的螳螂,一隻飛過吵鬧不休的知了,翩翩飛舞的鳳蝶,一隻來喝糖水並短暫歇息的蜂鳥,一隻母松鼠叼著小松鼠一趟一趟的來回搬新家. 而我,除了享受花園的下午茶外,我還採收了一些園中種植的蔬菜.

Natural Pest Control – Praying Mantis and Dragon Fly!生物防治法-螳螂和蜻蜓

Natural Pest Control – Praying Mantis and Dragon Fly!生物防治法-螳螂和蜻蜓
Praying mantis will eat anything moves which the size they can grab. Dragon fly will take any insects which flying in the air or resting in visible range. Great predators to control garden pest!

Praying Mantis are hatching!孵化中的小螳螂!

Good timing to watch them come out their egg case! They are tiny, a little bit bigger than an ant. Great helpers to control garden pest!

螳螂 Praying Mantis (for natural insect control) 生物防治法

Mantis is shedding its skin.蛻皮中的螳螂

Mantis is feeding on a bumble bee.一隻正在吃熊蜂的螳螂

Mantis are mating.交配中的螳螂(雄在雌上)

Female mantis.雌螳螂

Mantis just shed this.螳螂剛蛻下的皮

園藝店裡有賣這種螳螂泡巢,不便宜(@CDN$16.99+HST)可是很有效! 不但控制一般害蟲也使得蛞蝓和蚊蠅明顯減少,不需噴藥卻可以高枕無憂再不怕玫瑰被蹂躪了,真好!  用了好用也介紹給鄰居和客戶使用—大家也說好讚又環保.

Mantis is still young--the half wings are not ready.還在成長的幼螳螂--翅膀尚未成形

圖示為中國大螳螂Chinese mantid (Tenodera aridifolia) 於1896被引進用於控制蟲害, 加拿大另有兩種螳螂: 一為在1899不小心引進北美的歐洲螳螂 European mantid (Mantis religiosa) 和另一種本土的北美地螳螂Ground mantid (Litaneutria minor) 資料來源如下網站連結

Here is an article from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/mantid

—-Three species of mantids are recorded in Canada. The praying mantid (Mantis religiosa) was introduced accidentally from Europe to New York, US, in 1899 and subsequently spread to southern Ontario and Quebec. It was later introduced to the Okanagan Valley, BC, to control grasshoppers. The eggs are laid in a frothy substance that hardens into a case and glues the eggs to a twig, fence post or other support. The eggs overwinter and hatch in the spring; adults appear in the late summer.

The Chinese mantid (Tenodera aridifolia) was introduced to eastern North America from China in 1896 to control INSECT PESTS. The ground mantid, (Litaneutria minor) ranges from Mexico north to BC, and is the only native Canadian mantid. In Canada it is known only from the dry grasslands of the southern Okanagan Valley. The males are winged; females are flightless but are agile runners.