“I found what looks like some sort of cocoon or egg sac on my sedum stalks during my fall cleanup. Can you identify it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Julie Schmitt of Juda, Wisconsin. Experts Kenn and ...

In Michigan, we have two species of praying mantis. Both of our mantis species, the Chinese praying mantis and the European praying mantis, are not native and have been introduced into our state. They ...