CoolMantid
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So another member want to release a Chinese mantis ooth in Florida. i am telling him it will wipe out native species because they are smaller than the chinese but he wont listen. What do you think? please help me out
No they're not. Not even close really.also stagmomantis floridensis is the same size as chinese. either way there are already chinese in florida so it wont make much of a difference.
yen reported them at 3 inches. but thats beside the point chinese are naturalized and are fine to release anywhere in the US.also stagmomantis floridensis is the same size as chinese. either way there are already chinese in florida so it wont make much of a difference.
shut-upeven alaska????![]()
About four years ago I found a strange brown bug in my backyard near the end of the summer (mid-August). I caught it in a jar and after looking closely at this half inch bug I relized it had the characteristic front legs of a praying mantis. I was quite shocked because I live in Anchorage Alaska.
Nope. What part of "they've already been arriving to FL for many years" are you not understanding?understandable but those smaller mantids in FL will in my guess will become endangered