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Are All These Mantids Good for Begginers?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mystymantis" data-source="post: 322865" data-attributes="member: 9416"><p>As a beginner, I would recommend staying with easy to keep species such as Ghosts, Chinese mantises, Carolina mantises, Giant Asian mantids and such. There are a few other easy to keep mantises as well. I would not recommend Orchid mantises until you have kept a few easier to keep ones. They have special requirements that might be difficult to start out as, and they are expensive. Mystery mantises also might not be the best idea since you will not know what type you are getting.</p><p></p><p>You also might not want to keep so many if this is your first time having mantises. Mantises are easy to care for, well for the most part that is, but having a lot makes it harder. And species that need heating, specific humidity and such are more difficult. Maybe wait on the more exotic species until you have been successful with easier ones and then get them later.</p><p></p><p>These are just my recommendations, feel free to do as you feel your skill levels are at. And of course good luck and have fun with your mantises whatever ones you get. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😄" title="Grinning face with smiling eyes :smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f604.png" data-shortname=":smile:" /></p><p></p><p>Blue bottle flies and crickets and or roaches are the best feeders in my opinion. And fruit flies and hydei flies for smaller mantises. Wax worms aren't really eaten by mantises in my experiences with them.</p><p></p><p>And if you have specific questions just ask! Lots of knowledgeable people here.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mystymantis, post: 322865, member: 9416"] As a beginner, I would recommend staying with easy to keep species such as Ghosts, Chinese mantises, Carolina mantises, Giant Asian mantids and such. There are a few other easy to keep mantises as well. I would not recommend Orchid mantises until you have kept a few easier to keep ones. They have special requirements that might be difficult to start out as, and they are expensive. Mystery mantises also might not be the best idea since you will not know what type you are getting. You also might not want to keep so many if this is your first time having mantises. Mantises are easy to care for, well for the most part that is, but having a lot makes it harder. And species that need heating, specific humidity and such are more difficult. Maybe wait on the more exotic species until you have been successful with easier ones and then get them later. These are just my recommendations, feel free to do as you feel your skill levels are at. And of course good luck and have fun with your mantises whatever ones you get. 😄 Blue bottle flies and crickets and or roaches are the best feeders in my opinion. And fruit flies and hydei flies for smaller mantises. Wax worms aren't really eaten by mantises in my experiences with them. And if you have specific questions just ask! Lots of knowledgeable people here. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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