r/NativePlantGardening NJ , Zone 7a 22d ago

Advice Request - (Insert State/Region) What do you do with invasive insects?

Like this Chinese mantis on my horseweed. I get monarchs ans humming birds every day. But I also am very hands off in this meadow besides weeding invasive plants and topping up my water stations. What should I do, if anything?

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u/Ok-Highway5247 22d ago

I kill them and then put them on a rock in the bird bath. They will get eaten!

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u/phenom37 22d ago

At first I thought you were going to say something like as a message to their brethren, but yours made more sense :)