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Any tips for furnishing a Dead Leaf enclosure?
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<blockquote data-quote="cat_h" data-source="post: 306059" data-attributes="member: 10210"><p>Hi guys,</p><p></p><p>My dead leaf mantids are arriving today (I am super super excited btw). I have their setups ready but for some reason they didn't come out quite as well as I had thought.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong... I've made sure the requirements are all there with respect to perches and places with hanging depth to moult. The mantids should be perfectly happy and healthy, it's more of an aesthetic issue I think.</p><p></p><p>Being dead leaf mantids I thought it would be cool to have brown/dried up leaves as hiding spots and decor. I put them in the freezer for a couple days to kill off any extra beasties and then hung twigs/leaves from the perching frame I made. To be honest it looks a bit dreary and not as naturalistic as I had intended. Looks like a nice stick insect enclosure that got left until all the leaves died off. Neglectful chic was not what i was going for lol <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>So after that long winded lead in, my questions for you all are....</p><p></p><p>1 - does anyone have tips for making a good looking enclosure featuring dessicated foliage?</p><p></p><p>2 - or do folks just tend to keep dead leaf mimics on fresh or silk green foliage?</p><p></p><p>3 - do the mantids care? Do they thrive better when they can be cryptic or is that not a thing?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading!</p><p></p><p>Cat</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cat_h, post: 306059, member: 10210"] Hi guys, My dead leaf mantids are arriving today (I am super super excited btw). I have their setups ready but for some reason they didn't come out quite as well as I had thought. Don't get me wrong... I've made sure the requirements are all there with respect to perches and places with hanging depth to moult. The mantids should be perfectly happy and healthy, it's more of an aesthetic issue I think. Being dead leaf mantids I thought it would be cool to have brown/dried up leaves as hiding spots and decor. I put them in the freezer for a couple days to kill off any extra beasties and then hung twigs/leaves from the perching frame I made. To be honest it looks a bit dreary and not as naturalistic as I had intended. Looks like a nice stick insect enclosure that got left until all the leaves died off. Neglectful chic was not what i was going for lol ;) So after that long winded lead in, my questions for you all are.... 1 - does anyone have tips for making a good looking enclosure featuring dessicated foliage? 2 - or do folks just tend to keep dead leaf mimics on fresh or silk green foliage? 3 - do the mantids care? Do they thrive better when they can be cryptic or is that not a thing? Thanks for reading! Cat [/QUOTE]
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