need mantisfly help- I GOT EGGS!!

agent A · Sep 22, 2012

hey all, on wednesday i caught a mantisfly

it just laid a ton of eggs

how am i supposed to feed it bee larvae? can i use maggots instead??

thanx

petoly · Sep 22, 2012

oh man let me know how it goes! and I so want one =) I wonder how they ship... lol

agent A · Sep 22, 2012

petoly said:
oh man let me know how it goes! and I so want one =) I wonder how they ship... lol

i will take pics to prove it and maybe i will send u some

agent A · Sep 22, 2012

ok i identified her as a zeugomantispa minuta

lancaster1313 · Sep 22, 2012

You will need some spider eggsacks for those. I had one a while ago but I couldn't find any eggsacks but my own spider's eggs. I was't about to donate those.

Keep updating!

CoolMantid · Sep 22, 2012

Yes they eat spider eggs.

agent A · Sep 22, 2012

i can find tons of spider egg sacks i will put them all in a cage with a moist paper towel B)

Mime454 · Sep 22, 2012

Be sure to take a lot of pictures.

aNisip · Sep 22, 2012

Don't make it too wet...but yeah spiders eggs are what u need

agent A · Sep 22, 2012

here she is

Mime454 · Sep 22, 2012

Oh wow. All of these in Missouri are an ugly brown color.

agent A · Sep 22, 2012

Mime454 said:
Oh wow. All of these in Missouri are an ugly brown color.

if i rear them well i may sell some...

Mime454 · Sep 22, 2012

I thought that they didn't live very long. Anyone know for sure?

aNisip · Sep 22, 2012

They live for about the same length as a mantis...but I think they either start later in the season or die before the end...the mantis flies that I saw in Springfield MA looked like wasps...so cool

Bug Trader · Sep 22, 2012

I can collect these for you by the dozens, they are all over the windows of our house at night during the warm seasons. My kids feed them FF all the time.

Mime454 · Sep 22, 2012

AndrewNisip said:
They live for about the same length as a mantis...but I think they either start later in the season or die before the end...the mantis flies that I saw in Springfield MA looked like wasps...so cool

The wasp like ones are the ones that we see here too.

brancsikia339 · Sep 22, 2012

I love both! Good luck with the eggs!

agent A · Sep 22, 2012

Bug Trader said:
I can collect these for you by the dozens, they are all over the windows of our house at night during the warm seasons. My kids feed them FF all the time.

can u catch me a few??

CoolMantid · Sep 22, 2012

Once they start hatching I would recommend moving the spider eggs close to them so they can get enough to eat

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