ant mantids.

[idolomantis]

hi,

just wondering if ant mantids are hard to breed or care for.

does anyone has or know a link to a caresheet?

cuz i,m thinking of getting some B)

i know theres a caresheet on insectstore, but for SOME reason that aint working

 

[macro junkie]

hi,just wondering if ant mantids are hard to breed or care for.

does anyone has or know a link to a caresheet?

cuz i,m thinking of getting some B)

they take a couple months to get to adult..when breeding if the female is feed good can lay an ooth every 3-4 days.easy to look after..1 thing tho thats important..they drink alot of water..be sure to mist every 1 or 2 days.The biggest ooth hatches about 35 nymphs.my last female laid 14 fertile ooths

 

[idolomantis]

they take a couple months to get to adult..when breeding if the female is feed good can lay an ooth every 3-4 days.easy to look after..1 thing tho thats important..they drink alot of water..be sure to mist every 1 or 2 days.The biggest ooth hatches about 35 nymphs.

sounds easy to me,

whatya give the nymphs as food?

 

[riegs22]

I was also interested in this species, I was curious since they are so small when grown would they be able to live on fruit flys there entire life? or can they tackle a cricket?

 

[idolomantis]

I was also interested in this species, I was curious since they are so small when grown would they be able to live on fruit flys there entire life? or can they tackle a cricket?

i would say they sure can tackle house and bluebottle flies

as my ameles from 1 inch tackled a big 3 cm long, bulky fly (forgot the name in english <_< )

as i know that the smallest, are also the bravest

 

[macro junkie]

frute flys from 1st instar...they feed on them fine wingless is better but if u can only get normal flute fly it wont matter

then can eat green and blue bottles from presubadult

 

[Mantis_Whisper]

I just got an adult pair. Luckily I breed them before the male died.

I'd say it's easy to breed them, and my female has been downing house flies, bluebottles and fruitflies. They don't need a lot of room, so a good mantis if you don't want to take up a lot of space.

I also read something about someone leaving two males and a female in the same cage constantly, no cannibalism. So if there's load of food I guess the can be communial, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[MANTIS DUDE]

I just got an adult pair. Luckily I breed them before the male died.I'd say it's easy to breed them, and my female has been downing house flies, bluebottles and fruitflies. They don't need a lot of room, so a good mantis if you don't want to take up a lot of space.

I also read something about someone leaving two males and a female in the same cage constantly, no cannibalism. So if there's load of food I guess the can be communial, correct me if I'm wrong.

Thats a good awnser.

 

[macro junkie]

, no cannibalism. So if there's load of food I guess the can be communial, correct me if I'm wrong.

its strange..they live fine when adult toghther..i left a male and female in the same tank and they lived toghther fine for a few months.but when i housed the nympths toghther they started eating each other and they had lots of food in the tank all the time.