Experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman write, “These are the egg cases, called oothecae, of a praying mantis. Produced by the female, a single ootheca can contain anywhere from a few dozen to several ...

No matter how many times I come across one, I always get a kick when I find a praying mantis egg case. The tan-colored egg cases are somewhat common but hard enough to find that it makes them a bit of ...

At this time of year, some nurseries start selling the egg cases of Chinese mantis as a biological control for the garden. These alien-looking insects are praying mantis and are harmless to humans, ...

Q. I have a friend who told me I need to go out in my garden and remove and destroy any invasive Chinese praying mantis egg cases I can find in my landscape and garden. I thought mantises were ...

Q: We have had a praying mantis in our yard for at least three weeks that we know about. It had been in our raspberries for a couple of weeks, but we lost track of it. Yesterday, I was about to cut ...

While doing some winter pruning today I noticed something that always gets the “oh my gosh what is that!” reaction from people. It’s a small wad of what looks like seafoam candy stuck to a tiny twig ...