hatching

[nebrakacinese]

Hi everyone,before i became educated at all about mantids,I had found an ooth and read how to incubate it.Well they started hatching yesterday.So far i've put about 30 nymps in cups and found a friend who works in a pet shop that will help me get rid of them.The ones in the cups are actively feeding on fruitflies.My main concern is how often i should mist them.I misted each cup and substrate before putting them in.Any advice would be apprciated.I did this out of iggnorance and repeat i will never do it again as it doesn't seem fair to the nymphs.

 

[Jesskb]

what kind of mantis are they?

 

[nebrakacinese]

chinese,i bought a culture of fruit flies, so i've been able to feed part of the ones i have in cups as i plan to keep them.

 

[Jesskb]

I mist my nymphs every day.

 

[hibiscusmile]

mist them with really warm water morning and again at night, feed them everyday and u will do good with them!

 

[nebrakacinese]

Thanks everyone,my biggest woorry right now is my fruit fly culture.It is a product from the fruit fly factory and has'nt really taken off yet though i had enough for today,see what happens

 

[MantidLord]

What kind of fruit flies? If melanogaster, they're easier to culture on your own. I haven't bought fruit flies since July, because I made my own cultures with melanogaster. Hydei, however, are kind of trickier to culture.

 

[nebrakacinese]

Drosophlia is thevkind of flies they are.The second cuture is producing well,so theyall got fed today.Store clerk said give the 1st culture the weekend and see how it does.