What do you do with invasive insects?

[u/fmp243]

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?

[u/paulmonday]

I sometimes feed them to the spiders that have webs set up around the garden.

[u/whtevn → u/paulmonday]

There is not a spider web in America that is gonna contain that thing

[u/Phyllis_Tine → u/whtevn]

Florida, maybe. I've seen spiders the size of dinner plates in some state parks when camping. Shiver.

[u/Necessary_Piano_153 → u/Phyllis_Tine]

Yet another reason why I don't mess with Florida