Praying Mantis Egg Sack On Christmas Tree

As the sun reported people who purchased real christmas trees were advised to look them over for walnut sized lumps which would indicate that a praying mantis had laid eggs.

Praying mantis egg sack on christmas tree. Among the glistening lights and shiny ornaments real freshly cut christmas trees may be home to nearly 400 praying mantis eggs that have yet to hatch. No it s the sound of an egg sac softly breaking open on your christmas tree s branches. Warning over praying mantis eggs attached to christmas trees. Any affected branches would have to be removed from the tree experts warned.

John theofield co owner of hardee farms said praying mantis nests are not uncommon on the property. A virginia woman s home was overrun by more than a hundred praying mantises after the insects hatched from a brown egg sack that was attached to her christmas tree that was destined for the curb. One facebook user s post warning of the. A woman is scooping praying mantises into shoe boxes and awaiting an organic gardening fairy godmother or father who might like to take them after an egg case hatched in her christmas tree.

More than 100 praying mantises hatched from an egg case hidden under the branches of the christmas tree springfield resident molly kreuze bought for the holiday season abc washington d c. It s the arrival of 200 baby praying mantises and they are hopping all over your idyllic holiday scene. Doug hundley a seasonal spokesperson for the national christmas tree association also told us that it is very rare to find a mantis egg case on a christmas tree. About 10 years ago another customer called to tell the farm about finding a nest in a tree.

People have been warned to look out for a walnut sized brown mass on real trees resembling pine cones which are praying mantis eggs. Hundley said that christmas. Experts had warned christmas tree shoppers before the holiday season to be on the lookout for the brown sacs holding the praying mantis eggs.