Bringing in a native species at night

[msandsm]

I live in a climate (CA Central Valley) that gets very hot (but not humid) in the summer, and down into the 40's or high 30's in the winter. I have had a native "pet" S. Carolina (??) living on a potted plant on my porch for several weeks. For the past two nights, I have brought her in and put her in an enclosure for the night, when it's been cooling down to the mid 50's. Is this wrong? Does the fact that she's a native mean that she can tolerate the colder weather, or am I right in bringing her in for the night and putting her back on her plant when the morning warms up? Is she likely to survive the cold (to me?) winter outside?

Appreciate your feedback!

 

[Danny.]

I live in a climate (CA Central Valley) that gets very hot (but not humid) in the summer, and down into the 40's or high 30's in the winter. I have had a native "pet" S. Carolina (??) living on a potted plant on my porch for several weeks. For the past two nights, I have brought her in and put her in an enclosure for the night, when it's been cooling down to the mid 50's. Is this wrong? Does the fact that she's a native mean that she can tolerate the colder weather, or am I right in bringing her in for the night and putting her back on her plant when the morning warms up? Is she likely to survive the cold (to me) winter outside?

Appreciate your feedback!

It's not S. carolina... It's S. limbata and yes she can tolerate the weather.

 

[msandsm]

Thanks! I checked out S. limbata, and she is the only one I've seen described as having pink wings. So now that's settled. And I'm glad she can tolerate the weather here; I don't think she much liked being caged at night!

 

[CosbyArt]

Still nice to see you take care of your pet Stagmomantis, if she actually liked it or not.