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Hey everyone! So despite my camera being very mediocre it still managed to catch the beauty of my young little friends. The violin pictures are of my L3 female Susie ( She loves crickets. Which is interesting because everyone says they won't go for them ) :P This one's really cool. It's...

So I was watching some videos on youtube of mantids snacking on goldfish, anole's, mice and even a hummingbird. Is this harmful? I don't plan on feeding my chinese anything of that magnitude but it looks like it can be done. Are goldfish or mice harmful to the mantis if digested or can the...

My last resort to keep them going is honey or jam. Getting some sugar and liquid in them never fails when it come to hand feeding

The closest situation I can relate to biting is when a few of my violins and Chinese nymphs spread their arms and munch on my finger. but this is for moisture they don't actually pierce or eat the skin. I have never had a mantis bite me but my mio female adult once gave my finger a whack! :lol:

What do I feed them? They are flightless and I would like to keep the culture going.

Can you culture moths? Because I don't see them enough to use them as a good food source

Great stuff! And remember if you are ever interested in owning a chinese I've got a healthy supply here in surrey if you ever want one :P glad to here your little guys are doing good!

Looks identical to my L1 chinese :huh:

Interesting! I separated mine into small cups. I thought cannibalism would be more profound so I separated them but I suppose it isn't an issue right now. I have 16 of them. All seem to be very healthy. Eating lots hopping around. but how much do you spray your enclosure?

Have you tried our methods yet?

You are a strange, sad little man. lol jk.

Some of them look like miomantis paykulli

Due to some shipping mishaps , my chinese eggs fell to the bottom of their enclosures and about a hundred were dead when I opened the package. I figured they were a day old. No signs of cannibalism. Still about a hundred roaming around. so I move them to a bigger enclosure. The next day no...

For me it's going to be. . . . Chinese , Violins and Idolo's. 3rd : Chinese for their classic design and large build, ( Plus their ability to take down lizards, birds and mice ) and they aren't bad look'n either. Healthy hardy species that always wins me over. 2nd.) Idolomantis Diabolica...

Sweet! if you start a business and order some exotics I won't have to risk getting caught ;) I was going to start a little business on the side so I can have exotics and cool mantids for myself but looks like a fellow vancouveran has beat me to it :P Show me the site when you're done. AND...

HAnd feed them honey or jam to give them some sugar and moisture. Since they're so weak they won't run away. It's how I kept my violins strong enough to wait for pinheads. on the end of a toothpick works

UPDATE : After some messy experimenting I figured it out! the fridge trick works good but they're flightless so it's pretty easy.Thanks all! My chinese are eating like champs :)

PINHEADS go to the petstore and pick up some pinheads they should sell them where you are. I'm from Surrey BC btw and David ( sunfirereptiles )is in burnaby. I get my pinheads from petland. if pinheads don't work see if he can send you a culture. I have an extra culture here. If you're...

They're in one of those large plastic garden salad tubs with puncture holes for now. I need to get them a net enclosure today. Pretty sure the ff's are flightless.

hello. So I have two cultures but would like to know how to get the fruit flies into my enclosure which houses many chinese hatchlings without either parties escaping.