How do praying mantis survive winter?

Praying-mantis are tropical organisms, they do not live in regionswhere there is a winter so they do not need to have adaptions tosurvive a winter. read more

I found a praying mantis egg sac on the small trellis of a potted plant I brought inside for the winter. The plant has started growing on the trellis again, so I can’t remove it. If I put it outside, the plant and likely the eggs, will die. read more

Keep in mind that mantid egg cases collected in the fall and kept indoors will hatch during the winter months whether you are prepared for them or not. From a single ootheca, several dozen to hundreds of nymphs can emerge. read more