Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Mantid Discussions
Food and Feeding
Feeding flies to your mantids
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Mantidforum:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Termite48" data-source="post: 160489" data-attributes="member: 3822"><p>Deby: From the sounds of things, you could use a small hole with a stopper in each enclosure. Depending on the type you have, it can be dome rather easily. There is no way any of us could continually tolerate having to open an enclosure each time with the chance of loosing your mantids to the outside of the cage or habitat. Notice that Phil's seems to be rather large with a sponge. If you have for some nymphs just a deli-contained with a mesh top, making a hole in that with a cotton ball stopper is all that is needed. If you are feeding houseflies and BBs, then perhaps you are not keeping younger nymphs. I literally pour the cold-stunned fruit flies via a funnel into container habitat through a 1/4" size opening. It is quite possible that the fruit flies have not found there way out again once they are up and about. So if you are slow in replacing the cotton ball, it is not a great deal of trouble right away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Termite48, post: 160489, member: 3822"] Deby: From the sounds of things, you could use a small hole with a stopper in each enclosure. Depending on the type you have, it can be dome rather easily. There is no way any of us could continually tolerate having to open an enclosure each time with the chance of loosing your mantids to the outside of the cage or habitat. Notice that Phil's seems to be rather large with a sponge. If you have for some nymphs just a deli-contained with a mesh top, making a hole in that with a cotton ball stopper is all that is needed. If you are feeding houseflies and BBs, then perhaps you are not keeping younger nymphs. I literally pour the cold-stunned fruit flies via a funnel into container habitat through a 1/4" size opening. It is quite possible that the fruit flies have not found there way out again once they are up and about. So if you are slow in replacing the cotton ball, it is not a great deal of trouble right away. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Mantid Discussions
Food and Feeding
Feeding flies to your mantids
Top