Beneficial
Insect: Praying mantis
(Family
Mantidae)
|
Size:
2 to 4 inches long at maturity
|
| Description:
Elongated insect with yellowish, green or brown coloring. While mantids
are predators, they do not only eat pests, limiting their usefulness
as natural enemies in the garden. |
| Biology:
Eggs overwinter in hard egg-cases containing dozens of mantids. |
| Predator
or Parasite? Predator |
| Primary
food: Many kinds of insects, including beneficials |
| Pollinator?
No |
| Beneficial
importance level: Limited |
