Christmas hatching!

[Mystymantis]

My Giant Asian mantis ootheca started hatching today! I am so excited! It's a late Christmas present! So far around 15-20 have hatched out but more keep steadily coming. Is there any specific care for the nymphs in terms of humidity and heating? and or ventilation? I heard they need to have good ventilation, which might be kinda hard with heating. Also what is the best size container to keep them in when they are this young?

 

[Connor]

That’s so exciting! Congratulations! Giant Asians are pretty hardy so I wouldn’t be too paranoid about the conditions... keep just above room temp, spray every other day or so, feed the same frequency as misting. Since there is such a giant hatch with this species be sure to expect a large death count... not much you can do about it.

For the very small nymphs you can try 2-5 oz little sauce cups that you can buy from a local supermarket. You can use no lids and put some fabric like Tulle on top with a rubber band securing it(a little dangerous), cut part of the lid open so it has got a lot of ventilation and then close the lid down on a piece of fabric like tulle(so that the fabric is tight underneath the lid for the mantis to hang on)(this is my recommended way), or glue fabric like Tulle on the lid for the mantis to hang on but make sure you have plenty of air holes.

Best of luck! I know I’m not great at explaining things so please follow up with any questions you have. And keep us updated!

Merry Christmas!

 

[Mystymantis]

Thanks so much for the tips @Connor. Awesome, I have some 2 oz and some 5 oz little sauce cup things. Yeah, it is a huge hatch! Tons of babies all jumping and crawling about! Now to the difficult part of separating them into the little cups. :huh: Got them some fruit flies so they have food.

Merry Christmas to you too!