Can someone tell me if this is a baby mantis

Indoor Growing
#1

ill get a pic its a lil brown mantis on my indoor drown he kinda brown an looks to have the arms of a mantis an if im correct this is a beneficial insect to have on your plants correct

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#2

Without a picture bro, it’s impossible to help, but mantises are pretty unique, does it look like its’ praying??? LOL

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#3

its like super small but yea it does i said to my fiance look i think thats a baby mantis i will get a pic i was more asking if they are beneficial to have on my plants like they aint gonna be eating my actual plant just the insects on them

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#4

prolly the size of a grain of rice maybe a lil smaller than a grain

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#7

I hate to just say that any insect is great for the garden. In my opinion they are, but i also know that powdery mildew, spider mites, and other nasty things travel on flying and crawling insects. I think the benefits are better than the drawbacks. If i was running a sterile environment i would kill them. If i was running a no-till or supersoil where i was trying to get the whole circle of life thing going then beneficial insects would be a blessing.

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#8

So everyone, get one of this… And shower before tending to your plants. LOL

It looks badass…

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#9

yea i think ill move him outside is all ill kill everything else

#10

FWIW, that is exactly what grow room workers are wearing in the large legal ops in California, Colorado and Canada. Here’s Soul at Tweed last year:

-b420

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#11

I ordered two, they are cheap but apparently not very sturdy. At $6/each, rather than having to run around like crazy trying to solve pests problems. Nothing like prevention

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#12

Good tip… Can you suggest what filters they are using on air intakes into the house to have grow rooms sealed? Thx

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#13

Well they are growing in dedicated warehouses and greenhouses not homes so they have dedicated ventilation systems with HEPA filters. If you are looking for a home solution, you can find HEPA filter cloth around to build an intake filter (vacuum bags, etc.), or use these non-HEPA intake covers. I’m not sure that most home grows need HEPA-level filtering, mainly you want to keep the bugs out and a lot of non-HEPA filters can handle that task.

-b420

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