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How did Praying Mantids make it to the U.S?

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Published in Daily Trivia

In the United States, species were first introduced from Europe and China around 1900 as garden predators in an effort to control pest populations. The Carolina mantis is the official state insect of South Carolina, and the European mantis is the official state insect of Connecticut.

 


 

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