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Hi all, Thanks for this info. A quick question about catching your own feeder flies. Is this a bit of a risk because of the possibility of having picked up some pesticides or chemicals from house cleaning products and insecticides etc? I'd personally be a bit wary about doing so. My second...

Welcome Tom, I'm also from the UK but unlike you I'm totally new to Praying Mantis :) Chris

Hello everyone, I was hoping to get a bit of advice on feeding Ghost Mantis. From what I've been reading, fruit flies should be sufficient to feed them until L5-L6. After this I was going to try a mixture of small crickets and bluebottle flies. Can I first ask if this is correct and secondly...

Hello Moldveien, Thanks a lot for this info. I think I've found TSS (The spider shop?) which looks great for enclosures. Can you please give me a link to Terry Priest? I tried a facebook search but couldn't find anything. Many Thanks, Chris

Hi Connor, Thanks for the reply. I was planning on keeping them in deli cups until L4 at least. This tank was pretty much for adulthood only. I guess the larger prey should be ok and I can cover tje centilation holes with a finer mesh if needed. cheers chris

Thanks Velve, I'll have to check what the humidity is like in my home. It's around 60% outside at the moment but probably a bit dryer in here. Does anyone have experience with these enclosures? I've read one or two posts elsewhere that say smaller feeder insects can escape through the front...

Hi all, I'm hoping you can give me some advice on this enclosure I've found. It looks ideal to me, but I'm a complete novice so I wouldn't really know :D  The top mesh IS rather large. Would this give me problems maintaining humidity? I plan on keeping a couple of Ghost Mantis in here, with...

Thanks for the welcome, Hi Connor, I'm basically looking for general advice when it comes to enclosures for Mantids. I'm thinking of starting off with 1-2 Ghost Mantis so firstly, are these a good choice for a newbie? I've seen guidelines for enclosure sizes l and I was wondering if this is a...

Hi all, I'm Chris from the UK. I'm sure you could guess from the name lol...  Hoping to get my first ever mantis in the next few months and looking here for some advice :) Cheers, Chris