pedro92
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This may sound sick but when i pick up dog messes outside there are tons of flies. Can i catch those and feed them to mantids?
Can i collect flies outside
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Andrew
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Yep. Shouldn't be any problems there.
OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
You might poison your mantis with those flies... or give your mantis lots of bacteria. I wouldn't do it for the sake of caution and sanitation.
macro junkie
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flys on dog shite dont sound to good..i wouldn't use them.i cant believe u would even think about doing it..its disgusting..
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It really won't hurt them, people worry too much. The flies theirselves carry a lot of diseases, even lab born ones, use them!
pedro92
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Ok thats good well i will try it out. But i always put a bag in this bucket and the put the ###### in there so maybe i could put a net over it and just tap the bucket so they will fly into the net. Thanks for the help and i will let you know how it goes. Should i try it with a non exotic mantid first jic it does kill or poison the mantids.
Birdfly
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We have 3 big dogs and they leave a hefty amount of plop all over the place, i've always had dogs and in times of fly shortage i've always resorted to this, i cannot remember any problems that have resulted from it. 
macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
how about hatching your own flys and leaving the dogshite alone :lol:
joossa
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I have collected flies from my dog's poo ever since I began keeping mantids. In fact, I use them about 80% of the time as my main food item (most of them are houseflies and green blowflies).
No big deal....
No big deal....
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Yea someones gotta eat em, plus the flies help the poo or plop ha ha, dissipate!
Birdfly
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"But 99% of the time i use shop bought maggots and hatch my own" :huh:We have 3 big dogs and they leave a hefty amount of plop all over the place, i've always had dogs and in times of fly shortage i've always resorted to this, i cannot remember any problems that have resulted from it.
