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As the title says, I have been working on more bioactive mantid tanks recently, particularly for my Brunneria borealis colony. I think some of my tanks need fertilizing, but I am curious what the consensus is, if one exists, on the safety of various fertilizer types inside a mantis tank. I am...

I have 5 overwintering ootheca of B. borealis, and I was just told that the newly-hatched nymphs are too small to eat D. melanogaster flies. Assuming this is true, what can I feed them and how? This is a problem I had not even considered because they are such large mantids when adults. 

I am currently overrun with baby Chinese mantises, and I don't want my Arizona mantises to hatch and not be ready since they are one of my favorite US species. Is the fridge (varies from 35-40 degrees Fahrenheit) safe for this species? I have used and I am using refrigeration to delay some more...