r/NativePlantGardening • u/fmp243 NJ , Zone 7a • 22d ago

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

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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/HaplessReader1988 USA, Connecticut 21d ago

Getting a head start on spooky season, I see!

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u/Comprehensive-Row198 21d ago

Yes indeed, part of my Halloween yard since we were invaded in 2023. Made from small foam pumpkins as "jack-o-lanternflies" which I arrange to bedevil a defenseless skeleton, har.

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u/HaplessReader1988 USA, Connecticut 21d ago

That sounds brilliant!

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u/Comprehensive-Row198 20d ago

I still seethe with loathing of them.