Grasshoppers eating my Vanda

[JennS]

There is also some nematoad that likes to eat them but i forget it's name, and I doubt it would help anyway. Let us know what works for you. I too am way too crazy about my vandas to let a grasshopper at em!

[pheli]

The grasshoppers ate some of my plants, too. They seemed prefer cattleyas, especially C. walkeriana and its hybrids.

[Jkelee]

WOW!!! Sorry to see those pics! That's soooo sad to see your babies chewed up

[Weebl]

I understand the reccuring dismay of noticing the same plant targetted by a pest over and over again, as if it were labeled 'filet mignon' for pests. Your grasshopper is my slug.

I've always liked the idea of praying mantis though in the yard to be perverbial garden 'bouncers'.

[JennS]

Wow, that is some bad damage they caused. I guess considering the size of them compared to most of the pests I have dealt with (mealybugs, thrips, spider mites, etc.) they can cause a great deal of damage is a very short period of time.

Weebl, I too like the idea of the praying mantis. I wonder how many you would really need in a small sized garden area to successfully control the other pests. I think when I move I will try it in a new place. Too bad I don't have plans to move yet! Anyway, if anyone knows how to determine how many praying mantis you would need, please let me know. Thanks.

[Des]

The problem is with praying mantis is that they are so territorial and will snack on each other given the chance. i keep a few in my GH . They are easy to catch just lightly spray the vegitation in your garden with water and they will climb to the top of the plants

[Weebl]

They seem better suited for preventative measures, unless there's someonething I dont quite understand.

[dsim]

i have praying mantis in my backyard... would love to "move" some of them into my orchid shed. but those are the regular green mantis..

would love to have this one ... Insect Orchid Mantis Specimen Photo and Information - Project Insect :P

[mindy1]

Wow!! That is a beautiful praying mantis!! I would love to have one of those too!