Son found a praying mantis when he was bringing back the yardwaste barrel(not shaped like barrels anymore) and put it in a safer place then near ants and on the driveway. It had a very fat lower body part, so maybe a female to lay egg case?. She was pale green. Is there some way to reduce squirrels using our yard and trees(lots of pine cone peices on patio. These appear to be East Fox squirrels and running around looking for what the Scrub Jay left yesterday that am sure someone around here is feeding them peanuts or...
  Wonder if anything would help 1 pine that is starting a burl looking growth, maybe natural antibiotic/fungal?