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Keeping an outdoor mantis indoors for the winter
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<blockquote data-quote="dlemmings" data-source="post: 269812" data-attributes="member: 5726"><p>keep it indoors and enjoy...they will warm up to you and actually like being on a plant indoors and don't mind being held. well I have not had a problem with wild caught mantids at least.</p><p></p><p>you likely bought blue bottle fly pupa and if let sit at room temp they will all hatch very close together in time.</p><p></p><p>I have had success keeping a few (a weeks worth) at room temp and refrigerating the rest of the pupa. the pupa wont hatch as fast when refrigerated but at a point the hatch rates decline and you have to set more out to keep up with feeding.</p><p></p><p>a wild caught can easily eat 5-7 flies a day, but can also go a week without eating (but why starve them)</p><p></p><p>another option is a local pet store (pet smart etc.) that sells crickets.</p><p></p><p>I have not tried but have seen video posts of people hanging a white sheet and shining a very bright light on it to collect moths and other insects (FOOD)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dlemmings, post: 269812, member: 5726"] keep it indoors and enjoy...they will warm up to you and actually like being on a plant indoors and don't mind being held. well I have not had a problem with wild caught mantids at least. you likely bought blue bottle fly pupa and if let sit at room temp they will all hatch very close together in time. I have had success keeping a few (a weeks worth) at room temp and refrigerating the rest of the pupa. the pupa wont hatch as fast when refrigerated but at a point the hatch rates decline and you have to set more out to keep up with feeding. a wild caught can easily eat 5-7 flies a day, but can also go a week without eating (but why starve them) another option is a local pet store (pet smart etc.) that sells crickets. I have not tried but have seen video posts of people hanging a white sheet and shining a very bright light on it to collect moths and other insects (FOOD) [/QUOTE]
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