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Terrarium Cleanup Crew?
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<blockquote data-quote="TrenMT" data-source="post: 319407" data-attributes="member: 10922"><p>So I've fed mealworms to my mantis and a few times I've dropped them because they're so hard and squirmy. As soon as I try to get them the little buggers have already burrowed and since I have quite deep substrate I'd never get them back.</p><p></p><p> Anyway I've been feeding the mantis for about two weeks and whenever he's had enough and drops whatever remains he has of his meal I've seen mature darkling beetles demolish the cadaver and then scoot underground.</p><p></p><p>Now normally I would be worried but I've observed for a long time and the beetles never climb the wood to bother the mantis and at the highest point of the enclosure they'll never reach because they can't climb glass and it got me wondering; would this make an efficient cleanup crew? I have real plants in the tank so I'm sure that they might benefit from the breakdown of the food and I'll still clean up the remains that aren't being eaten. What's everyone's opinion?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrenMT, post: 319407, member: 10922"] So I've fed mealworms to my mantis and a few times I've dropped them because they're so hard and squirmy. As soon as I try to get them the little buggers have already burrowed and since I have quite deep substrate I'd never get them back. Anyway I've been feeding the mantis for about two weeks and whenever he's had enough and drops whatever remains he has of his meal I've seen mature darkling beetles demolish the cadaver and then scoot underground. Now normally I would be worried but I've observed for a long time and the beetles never climb the wood to bother the mantis and at the highest point of the enclosure they'll never reach because they can't climb glass and it got me wondering; would this make an efficient cleanup crew? I have real plants in the tank so I'm sure that they might benefit from the breakdown of the food and I'll still clean up the remains that aren't being eaten. What's everyone's opinion? [/QUOTE]
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