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Mantid Discussions
Enclosures and Housing
Devil's Flower Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica)
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<blockquote data-quote="PIaf94" data-source="post: 342839" data-attributes="member: 7465"><p>I think building up your experience to keep this amazing species you should first start off with something very beginner friendly species like local Stagmomantis Sp. here in the states. Ghost or Chinese mantis are also very good choices. Keeping a species like this from nymph will introduce you to the basics of keeping a mantis, their husbandry and everything. H.Majuscula is a good start. Next step would be an Orchid mantis. This species will teach you one of the hardest things about keeping Idolomantis Diabolica and that is flower mantids need flying prey like blue bottle flys, moths etc to thrive in captivity. After getting an orchid mantis to successfully mature I’d look into a violin mantis. This species has exact same care required for Idolos but are a more forgiving species if something ain’t rite in their habitat. In my opinion idolomantis isn’t a very difficult species to keep. In terms of mantids yes they are very difficult but as a pet they aren’t too demanding. If you get their requirements and conditions rite it’s a cake walk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PIaf94, post: 342839, member: 7465"] I think building up your experience to keep this amazing species you should first start off with something very beginner friendly species like local Stagmomantis Sp. here in the states. Ghost or Chinese mantis are also very good choices. Keeping a species like this from nymph will introduce you to the basics of keeping a mantis, their husbandry and everything. H.Majuscula is a good start. Next step would be an Orchid mantis. This species will teach you one of the hardest things about keeping Idolomantis Diabolica and that is flower mantids need flying prey like blue bottle flys, moths etc to thrive in captivity. After getting an orchid mantis to successfully mature I’d look into a violin mantis. This species has exact same care required for Idolos but are a more forgiving species if something ain’t rite in their habitat. In my opinion idolomantis isn’t a very difficult species to keep. In terms of mantids yes they are very difficult but as a pet they aren’t too demanding. If you get their requirements and conditions rite it’s a cake walk. [/QUOTE]
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Devil's Flower Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica)
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