Virginia woman says Christmas tree left her house infested with praying mantises

Sunday, January 13, 2019
A Virginia woman says her Christmas tree has left her a gift that has kept on giving, but not in a good way.

Molly Kreuze says more than 100 praying mantises have infested her home.
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She says they hatched from an egg hidden in the branches of her tree.

Kreuze says she's not grossed out by the insects.
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Instead, she is feeding them fruit flies and storing the mantises in a shoe box until she can find them a new home.

As for the future, Molly says she plans to buy a fake Christmas tree.
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