Bugs that I See
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Topic: Bugs that I See
Posted By: BuckSkin
Subject: Bugs that I See
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2025 at 2:40pm
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Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2025 at 10:35am
| Praying mantises are one of my favorite bugs. I found a large one a few days ago and let it crawel on me for a bit. |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2025 at 10:47am
When I mow the horse lots or bush-hog the fields, I run into pockets of them numbering in the thousands; most of them about 1-1/2" long. If they are in grass or brush and don't move, they more often than not go undetected, even to a sharp eye.
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Allis dave wrote:Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2025 at 12:55pm
| Definitely hard to see. Was watching a hummingbird flit around some flowers at my sister’s house. Hummingbird didn’t see it either until it was too late. That mantis was FAST. |
Posted By: only AC orange
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2025 at 7:48am
| Have seen a few recently, wish they were here earlier so they could have had a diet of potato bugs! Does anyone know, do potato bug eggs overwinter in the soil? If so, guess I need to sterilize soil or not plant potatoes next summer. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2025 at 8:01am
| Big ones are Female smaller are Male. Not many males after mating season as females eat them! |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2025 at 4:25am
If you mean Colorado potato beetles, yes they overwinter. Sprayed mine with Colorado potato beetle beater this year. One dose and no more beetles!
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