So, don't buy them in the garden store areas. Lady beetles are a great aphid destroyer, if one can get them to stay in their yard.

Christine Southwick
N Seattle/Shoreline
clsouthwick at q.com

On Fri, 16 Jun 2017, Kelly McAllister wrote:

> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:24:47 -0700
> From: Kelly McAllister <mcallisters4 at comcast.net>
> To: "'Tweeters, Dear'" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Photo of Praying Mantis Capturing a Hummingbird
>
>
> Exotic mantids have become quite common in the south Puget Sound region, particularly in grasslands such as native prairie. I don?t think anyone has a clue about their impacts
> on native fauna, vertebrate or invertebrate. I?m curious how frequently they?re being seen in other regions.
>
> ?
>
> Kelly McAllister
>
> Olympia, Washington
>
> ?
>
> ?
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Christine Southwick
Pharmacy Administration
University of Washington Medical Center
Box 356015
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195-6015
phone: 206-598-7398; fax 206-598-6075



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