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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charoozz520" data-source="post: 329892" data-attributes="member: 2156">I have never tried to let the pupae emerge in tank as it just doesn't seem as reliable. Imagine if all ten hatched at once and the mantis doesn't eat all of them. The extra flies will end up annoying the mantis and it will be hard for you to open up the container without flies escaping. I have my pupae setup in a 32oz container. I hot glue a 1oz cup in the middle and put a damp piece of paper towel or sponge that is soaked in honey/sugar water for the emerging flies to feed on. The pupae is then put around the 1 oz cup and I top it off with either pieces of coffee filter/paper towel so the flies have something to crawl onto.Whenever I need to feed I just stick the container in the fridge to slow them down. Then they can be easily picked up with tweezers and toss into mantis container to be fed.Depending on how fresh the pupaes are they can be stored in the fridge for up to 3-4 weeks but the hatchrate drops the longer they are stored. By the 3rd week I usually just leave the pupaes out to hatch and feed the rest of the flies or use them to breed new ones.</blockquote>