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<blockquote data-quote="Budwing" data-source="post: 334058" data-attributes="member: 11149"><p>The aggressive species of mantis if left in the same enclosure will control their own numbers. Some will start to cannabalize each other at L2, even with plenty food available to them and especially at warmer temperatures. Females are usually more cannabalistic, even as nymphs. Anything smaller or weaker gets picked off. </p><p></p><p>Separate them at L2 to avoid this. 30 - 200 + nymphs at a time. I keep some, sell some and gift some. The rest go into a pollytunnel to free range for pest control and future breeding. Some people cull leftover stock.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes weaker nymphs will just die in the first weeks or mismolt before L2. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Budwing, post: 334058, member: 11149"] The aggressive species of mantis if left in the same enclosure will control their own numbers. Some will start to cannabalize each other at L2, even with plenty food available to them and especially at warmer temperatures. Females are usually more cannabalistic, even as nymphs. Anything smaller or weaker gets picked off. Separate them at L2 to avoid this. 30 - 200 + nymphs at a time. I keep some, sell some and gift some. The rest go into a pollytunnel to free range for pest control and future breeding. Some people cull leftover stock. Sometimes weaker nymphs will just die in the first weeks or mismolt before L2. [/QUOTE]
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