Feeding idolos dubias?

[PIaf94]

I know this species needs to be fed mainly avian prey but at this time I don't have a steady supply of them around. What I have been getting away with are dubia nymphs from my colony. The trick I use is have them right side up on a container lid and drop the dubia near them to stimulate a fly landing. They grab them the first chance they get! I've been doing this since they were L1 nymphs. They are now L5 and still loving the dubias. I still give them the occasional fly, moth & lacewing but about 80% of it is roaches. Could I get away with it till they reach adulthood? Will they get eventually sick? Thanks

 

[Crazy4mantis]

They should be fine if the dubias are well fed. Just keep supplementing a few other foods.

 

[sschind]

I'm glad to hear it works as the vast majority of my collection gets dubia roaches of varying sizes. I've been leery of Idolos simply because I have heard they need flying prey.