Ghost eating dead prey?

[TySAAAN]

My ghost nymph wouldn't eat the flies, because they were flying away from him. So I froze them and they died. Will he still eat them?

 

[sueb4653]

I dont think so

 

[Mime454]

Nope, they will have to be moving.

 

[fleurdejoo]

Are you feeding them house flies or fruit flies?

Are they big enough to eat house flies?

 

[brancsikia339]

Prob not, but once my mantis caught a fly because i jiggled the cage, which made it look alive.

 

[brancsikia339]

Btw ghost can also eat crickets so you can always use that.

 

[TySAAAN]

Are you feeding them house flies or fruit flies?

Are they big enough to eat house flies?

Its a L3. And yeah because it ate one earlier. I also need help with him possibly molting. Can you please read my other topic and answer? http://mantidforum.n...showtopic=26548

Thanks

 

[hibiscusmile]

he will eat it if you give it time to warm up and wiggle in front of him.

 

[OctoberRainne]

Keep the flies in the fridge not the freezer in a side area like the door,and they should thaw back out in minutes or just slow down a lot,or if they are big flies you can break off the back wings and makes them easier to catch for slower mantids. Also the freshly hatched flies before they open their wings seem to be best for the middle staged nymphs who are past the FFs ect. Just re read that it was only L3,so idk if you're on big flies yet,but you can get mantids to tackle freshly dead prey if you wiggle it or tweezer handle it,but I reccomend using live flies and just squishing them a bit,not dead

 

[TySAAAN]

Keep the flies in the fridge not the freezer in a side area like the door,and they should thaw back out in minutes or just slow down a lot,or if they are big flies you can break off the back wings and makes them easier to catch for slower mantids. Also the freshly hatched flies before they open their wings seem to be best for the middle staged nymphs who are past the FFs ect. Just re read that it was only L3,so idk if you're on big flies yet,but you can get mantids to tackle freshly dead prey if you wiggle it or tweezer handle it,but I reccomend using live flies and just squishing them a bit,not dead

Okay! I'll try that. Thanks!

 

[Mvalenz]

I use to tip the encloser upside down so it looked like they were crawling around. Worked every time with fresh dead flies.