Quote Originally Posted by Jeff
I have heard that praying mantis will eat ladybugs. I wonder if one is going to dominate over the other? I suppose as long as the pests are taken care of, then it's all good.
The mantis will literally kill anything that doesn't eat it first. they even eat humming birds!

however at a young age the diet will be mostly aphids. it will be sometime before they start eating lady bugs.

Quote Originally Posted by Bioritize
I hear that you can get lots of mantis' out of one egg sac. Typically takes 2 - 8 weeks to hatch.
Typically about 100-200. but most will eat each other at the spawn site and others will not be able to break free without dying.