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Enclosures and Housing
Devil's Flower Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica)
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<blockquote data-quote="guapoalto049" data-source="post: 342861" data-attributes="member: 4037"><p>I wouldn’t say it’s a cake walk, “keeping” Idolomantis isn’t the issue, it’s the successfully raising of nymphs to adult and eventual reproduction that is the issue. Many hundreds of people keep Idolomantis on a yearly basis, yet nobody in the US has captive bred them for generations. All of the Idolomantis you see in the US unfortunately are products of wild collected oothecae.</p><p></p><p>If you keep 5 species of mantises but get all to reproduce at a high rate (ie you start with 10 first instar nymphs and end up with multiple hatching oothecae) then it’s worth a try with Idolomantis.</p><p></p><p>There is a ton of misinformation out there on this species from people who have only “kept” Idolomantis. Very little from breeders</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="guapoalto049, post: 342861, member: 4037"] I wouldn’t say it’s a cake walk, “keeping” Idolomantis isn’t the issue, it’s the successfully raising of nymphs to adult and eventual reproduction that is the issue. Many hundreds of people keep Idolomantis on a yearly basis, yet nobody in the US has captive bred them for generations. All of the Idolomantis you see in the US unfortunately are products of wild collected oothecae. If you keep 5 species of mantises but get all to reproduce at a high rate (ie you start with 10 first instar nymphs and end up with multiple hatching oothecae) then it’s worth a try with Idolomantis. There is a ton of misinformation out there on this species from people who have only “kept” Idolomantis. Very little from breeders [/QUOTE]
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Devil's Flower Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica)
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