Butterfly-predacious Hornets
Liz Day
lday at iquest.net
Mon Aug 3 14:41:53 EDT 1998
> preying mantis last summer and we discovered that they will quite
> happily feed on yellow jackets. The mantis was very effiecient!
Yes - I've seen them grab one right out of the air!
> patio during dinner time. The yellow jackets would come when ever there
> was bbq meat. So we opted to put aside a small peace offering with our
> mantis perched atop.
Actually, they do make actual YJ traps you can use at picnics etc. You
could just trap and kill a whole bunch of YJs I suppose.
Liz
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