Chinese Mantid (Tenodera aridifolia)

Order: Dictyoptera (dik-tee-OP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Mantidae Genus: Tenodera Species: aridifolia Profile: 1 positive No neutrals No negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Deer, Arkansas Brockton, Massachusetts Detroit, Michigan Greensboro, North Carolina Glouster, Ohio Liberty Hill, Texas Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Positive Sarahskeeper On Sep 19, 2006, Sarahskeeper from Brockton, MA (Zone 6a) wrote: I've been blessed to have 6 of these in my gardens this season. I've observed them capture food and mature. I've even found discarded skins. They molt 6 or 7 times as they grow. With a little luck I'll see them mating and find an egg sack or two, that would complete the cycle and please me to no end. They are cannibals so when I found one in a dangerous location, I would place it safely distant from others. I noticed that the young ones prefer day lily beds. Older ones like late blooming plants like sedum, marigolds and dahlias. They just sit and wait for their next meal. Grasshoppers, bees, dragonflies almost anything except for stink bugs and large wasps. Andy P

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