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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CosbyArt" data-source="post: 296323" data-attributes="member: 8168">Indeed as Ranitomeya says you will need to culture them separately otherwise they will die off typically in a mantis habitat, or will be in such small numbers in a few weeks (at most) they will have minimal affect in cleaning.If you do a deli cup or plastic shoebox culture of them keeping them moist (the lid on) and fed with various vegetable scraps, and just about anything else that is food (dry dog/cat/rabbit/etc) they will build monstrous populations once the food starts to decay/mold. At most I spend maybe 5-7 minutes a week on my springtail cultures to keep their numbers high.To harvest them I just tilt the culture slightly to one side, and spray with water till springtails are floating. Then using a eye dropper suck up the floating springtails and then squeeze them into mantis tanks.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>