Attracting Flies

[sporeworld]

I am not sure if this is staff abuse! :lol: We will know if they turn you in!

Haha. Naw, it's the Tom Sawyer trick. They still think it's fun!

 

[dragon]

Bluebottle flies love rotting meat. Most mantis keepers do not. I haven't tried this, but if you want to give them an extra treat (can't believe I'm writing that!) you might want to toss in some powdered, dehydrated liver that you can buy at a health food store. It will disperse and sink to the bottom of the gel, so just flip the layer over when it is set and it will be readily available to the BBs. I would not bother with this, though, if the basic mixture works.

Hmm. I wonder, as a substitute for the powdered liver, how well blood meal or fish meal might work out...... (Not an uncommon product used by some gardeners -- especially for rose growers.)