Just a heads up to all you gardeners out there. As you are doing that early spring clean up, pruning and all around gardening be aware of the beneficial insects out there. As I was pruning some winter kill out of my black currant bushes I ran across the above egg sacks of praying mantis. I was careful not to disturb them because I hope to encourage a healthy population of praying mantis in my garden. They are excellent for helping to keep the bad bugs down.
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Thank you for this post, CQ!
ReplyDeleteWow, I would have had no idea what that was! I do have praying mantis in the garden, but will now be on the lookout for things that might be important, instead of being in a hurry to get done.
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