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Mantid Discussions
Food and Feeding
feeding L1 african flower mantis (pseudocreobroter)
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<blockquote data-quote="PseudoDave" data-source="post: 3791" data-attributes="member: 123"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Those little white things in the culture may be maggots, they may be mites, chances are they're maggots though if the culture is a good one. If they are indeed the 'grub' of the fruitfly, they should pupate and turn into flies eventually.</p><p></p><p>I have always used fruitflies in raising young mantids of any species. There are some that don't seem keen on tackling a pretty beafy looking fruitfly at first, but when they get hungry enough, they do eat them. I've fed countless hymenopus coronatus this way along with many much larger species. I'm sure there are people here that may have some smaller sized suggestions and hopefully they'll be helpful for you, but if you cannot obtain anything smaller then the fly's should do just fine. Best of luck.</p><p></p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PseudoDave, post: 3791, member: 123"] Hi, Those little white things in the culture may be maggots, they may be mites, chances are they're maggots though if the culture is a good one. If they are indeed the 'grub' of the fruitfly, they should pupate and turn into flies eventually. I have always used fruitflies in raising young mantids of any species. There are some that don't seem keen on tackling a pretty beafy looking fruitfly at first, but when they get hungry enough, they do eat them. I've fed countless hymenopus coronatus this way along with many much larger species. I'm sure there are people here that may have some smaller sized suggestions and hopefully they'll be helpful for you, but if you cannot obtain anything smaller then the fly's should do just fine. Best of luck. Dave [/QUOTE]
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