An Alabama family says they had to toss out their Christmas tree after realizing it came with some surprise house guests, a local TV station reported.

WSFA-TV reported a family from Snead, Alabama, loved their real Christmas tree until they started realizing that baby praying mantis began hopping out of their tree.

Apparently, the tree came from a nearby Christmas tree farm and contained a nest of the prayerful looking insects.

They estimated more than 100 little hatchlings emerged from their tree before they finally took the tree outside.

For more on this story read WSFA’s report here.