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Whether it's worth it depends on your housing. If the top is a pain to get on and off then yes! If not then probably not. To make a feeding hole in a plastic container I either use something sharp or drill a hole depending on thickness and again depending on thickness either cut the hole bigger...

Perhaps the mealworm was a little on the large size? My asian did the same thing with a locust yesterday. In the end I took it out and offered a smaller locust which it took straight away.

Simply a hole that you put the food in through rather than having to take the top off every time. You block them off with a bit of sponge.

They're £12 (that's about $23) each to buy but I suspect you could make them a lot cheaper. I considered this but couldn't find any of the clear plastic. The bottom does come off, it's held on by velcro.

Thanks everyone :)

Sorry for posting in the wrong section. No offence intended but unless you know better Rick I'm afraid that's not quite true. I've been told by a number of keepers that you can't feed them crickets as that could result in death. This is why I want to be sure that locusts are safe to use.

All I really need to know is can I safely use locusts?

They're only silk plants, so I can move them around, take them out, chop them up as I see fit. :)

I visited a very small exotic pet shop a good few weeks back and saw some home made insect cages on a shelf with display insects in. On enquiring it turned out that the owner made them himself and also sold them. They're a very simple design and should be esay to make if you can get hold of the...

Thought I better start over, joined here in 2007 but only made a few posts and haven't logged in here for a long time due to a lot happening (moving house and personal reasons) When I originally joined it was before I kept any mantids and was after info. I started out with 3 Sphodromantis...

Some constructive criticism straight off the bat... your flash menu buttons. I can't even see why they are flash to be honest, they're just images. For compatibility I'd change that to non flash. Some people won't even use a flash player for a variety of reasons.

They are so cute, I think the guy I got them from via another forum is also a member here

ok, thanks :)

Guess I better update this! In the end I decided to stick with what I know and went for some Indian Stick insects (carausius morosus), I then got some Peruvian Fern stick insects (Oreophoetes peruanas) which unfortunately most died due to what I believe to be a contaminated food source. I then...

In their natural environment, what plants could you expect to find Sphodromantis centralis in?

I'm going to use fabric mesh for the top. Maybe I could stick 2 jars together, have a plant in one side and nothing the other so that they've got somewhere to hide in and somewhere to shed in?

Hi, I'm new to keeping Mantids (normally a phasmid keeper). I have 3, 3rd instar Sphodromantis centralis nymphs currently housed in small glass jars with a stick in. I have 3 plastic jars coming either today or tomorrow and want some advice on setting them up. The jars look like this and...

Thanks a lot! :)

Thank you :)

Hi, That's ok, I'm pretty familiar with stick insects, I signed up here to find out about mantids :)