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What should I do with these Praying Mantis ootheca egg sacks?

I was lucky to witness a praying mantis laying a ootheca right in my front yard. I also found another ootheca on the same plant.So I have to oothecas but the plant they are on I will die in the fall and i usually throw them away with the leaves.I found 2 praying mantis hanging out in the plants near the oothecas. 1 looks like its missing part of its front arm and the other was eating a bumble bee. What should I do with these oothecas I dont want to kill all those mantis.

What should I do with these Praying Mantis ootheca egg sacks?

I was lucky to witness a praying mantis laying a ootheca right in my front yard. I also found another ootheca on the same plant.So I have to oothecas but the plant they are on I will die in the fall and i usually throw them away with the leaves.I found 2 praying mantis hanging out in the plants near the oothecas. 1 looks like its missing part of its front arm and the other was eating a bumble bee. What should I do with these oothecas I dont want to kill all those mantis.

spider identification help.?

i live in ontario county new york and i have a spider that i dont know anything about. it is about the size of a pea or lima bean. It is brown and has a triangle shaped web. it lays cream colored egg sacks. i first saw one in the doorway of my shed. its web went from frame to frame of the door. It was pregnent (big but). i shot it with a bb gun in the egg sack but it got away. then i sprayed the whole shed down with bee killer. (i hope that killed it) then i saw two more in the crook of my howse, i sprayed them with spider killer. but i want to know who they. but i want to know what im up against.