prayingMantodea323
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So, to start off, I'm a complete newbie to the hobby. I've always loved animals, mostly vertebrates, and like most other adolescent girls, I was squeamish of most inverts. But even despite the squeamishness, I was captivated. It wasn't until the dreaded bug project of last year that I really started to become fascinated by the different insects of the world. One of them was the mantis. So when my friend bought a mantis ooth off amazon, I started searching up on mantids, planning to get a bugger or two. Today she gave me three second instar Chinese mantids and a culture of fruit flies(D. Melanogaster). I'm excited for what's to come.
I have put all three into a juice bottle cut in half with pantyhose covering the top. I don't see any signs of aggression, but plan to separate them tomorrow. The fruit flies seem to be okay, though there is no excelsior. I'm going to get some, probably from the dollar tree if thats okay? I'm also planning to make another fruit fly culture, since the one I have is cramped. Problem is, I don't know what sort of container I can use for them, particularly the "insect covers". I can't buy any from online or anywhere else for that matter, because of well, no one would do that for me, LOL. I guess that hints towards my age a bit.
Any sort of advice would be greatly appreciated to me as a beginner. Especially the questions on the fruit fly container, and also better alternatives to enclosures for the mantids would be nice. And more convenient ways to feed the mantids the fruit flies. Thanks everyone, from California.
I attached some files of the enclosure(mantids).
I have put all three into a juice bottle cut in half with pantyhose covering the top. I don't see any signs of aggression, but plan to separate them tomorrow. The fruit flies seem to be okay, though there is no excelsior. I'm going to get some, probably from the dollar tree if thats okay? I'm also planning to make another fruit fly culture, since the one I have is cramped. Problem is, I don't know what sort of container I can use for them, particularly the "insect covers". I can't buy any from online or anywhere else for that matter, because of well, no one would do that for me, LOL. I guess that hints towards my age a bit.
Any sort of advice would be greatly appreciated to me as a beginner. Especially the questions on the fruit fly container, and also better alternatives to enclosures for the mantids would be nice. And more convenient ways to feed the mantids the fruit flies. Thanks everyone, from California.
I attached some files of the enclosure(mantids).
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