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<blockquote data-quote="Ranitomeya" data-source="post: 292976" data-attributes="member: 6796"><p>You generally want to be careful what you use to start a terrarium and what you add into it to ensure you don't introduce pests, predators, parasites, and pathogens. Usually the substrate is some sterilized mix and not something you've dug out of the yard, plants are terrarium-suitable and free of pests and hitchhikers, and any decorations have been washed and sterilized. Once you've added pests into a terrarium, they can explode in numbers as a result of isolation from their natural predators. Parasites and pathogens can accumulate over time into densities greater than what would be found in the wild, and any pets contained within will have no way to move and escape an unhealthy area.</p><p></p><p> Slugs can multiply in so high of numbers that the terrarium walls can become unsightly with slime and they can devour the plants you're trying to grow. Pillbugs and sowbugs are generally safe, but they can be opportunistic and may attack newly molted mantises if they're within reach. As for flies, there are too many species to be sure whether or not they'll be detrimental and although we know many species are parasitic, their life cycles are poorly studied.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranitomeya, post: 292976, member: 6796"] You generally want to be careful what you use to start a terrarium and what you add into it to ensure you don't introduce pests, predators, parasites, and pathogens. Usually the substrate is some sterilized mix and not something you've dug out of the yard, plants are terrarium-suitable and free of pests and hitchhikers, and any decorations have been washed and sterilized. Once you've added pests into a terrarium, they can explode in numbers as a result of isolation from their natural predators. Parasites and pathogens can accumulate over time into densities greater than what would be found in the wild, and any pets contained within will have no way to move and escape an unhealthy area. Slugs can multiply in so high of numbers that the terrarium walls can become unsightly with slime and they can devour the plants you're trying to grow. Pillbugs and sowbugs are generally safe, but they can be opportunistic and may attack newly molted mantises if they're within reach. As for flies, there are too many species to be sure whether or not they'll be detrimental and although we know many species are parasitic, their life cycles are poorly studied. [/QUOTE]
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