Collecting praying mantis egg cases - Wildlife Gardeners

benj1 · 01-30-2011, 09:16 AM

A company calling themselves Orcon (organiccontrol.com) is advertising on Facebook for people to collect praying mantis egg cases for them, which they will purchase for resale to their customers.

I'm thinking this is a bad idea. But, I know people do collect ladybugs for resale, and that hadn't bothered me before.

After absorbing all the biodiversity discussion on WG, the business of shipping live insects all over the place doesn't seem to me like such a clever idea.

Sage · 01-30-2011, 09:26 PM

Sounds like a bad idea to me too~

Sage · 01-30-2011, 09:30 PM

Holy

! Apparently every store sells them, even Home Depot! LOOK!

01-30-2011, 09:16 AM	#1
benj1 Fox Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chesterfield, Virginia	Collecting praying mantis egg cases A company calling themselves Orcon (organiccontrol.com) is advertising on Facebook for people to collect praying mantis egg cases for them, which they will purchase for resale to their customers. I'm thinking this is a bad idea. But, I know people do collect ladybugs for resale, and that hadn't bothered me before. After absorbing all the biodiversity discussion on WG, the business of shipping live insects all over the place doesn't seem to me like such a clever idea.

01-30-2011, 09:26 PM	#2
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Sounds like a bad idea to me too~ __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

01-30-2011, 09:30 PM	#3
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Holy ! Apparently every store sells them, even Home Depot! LOOK! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

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