Harmful pest or harmless?

Found this guy making his way to the top today. Should I remove him?image image

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Mantis. Very nice. Let him stay. :wink:
He’s a good guy. He’ll clean up anything else that comes around.
:+1::v::call_me_hand:

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Not something you see everyday, very cool! I’d let him hang out :smile:

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Praying Mantises , there the good guy’s who eat the bad guy’s :cricket:

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Terminator!

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Friend! They are predators and extremely good at killing!

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It is your sentry, the garden’s watch dog. It has been a long time since I have seen one around.

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Wikipedia

Gardeners who prefer to avoid [pesticides] may encourage mantises in the hope of controlling insect pests.[[94]] However, mantises do not have key attributes of [biological pest control] agents; they do not specialize in a single pest insect, and do not multiply rapidly in response to an increase in such a prey species, but are general predators.[[94]] They eat whatever they can catch, including both harmful and beneficial insects.[[93]] They therefore have “negligible value” in biological control.[[94]]

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High,
Very cool praying mantis. Leave it, it’s a good guy plus cool to watch.
Ger

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Thanks. Very good to know. I like to watch them they are neat.
Ger

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