Horn Worms

[PyroCinnamon]

Can mantises eat horn worms? I already have a horn worm culture for my beardies and gecks. So I was wondering if mantis could eat them as well. They are big juicy and packed with nutrients. But maybe they are poisonous to mantids?

 

[Ranitomeya]

Hornworms raised as feeders have not had the opportunity to ingest the compounds in solanaceous plants and store them for use as a chemical defense against predation. They're fed a diet that's mostly wheat germ, so they're fine to use as feeders. The chemical compounds they have in the wild would be more deadly to your reptiles than to a mantis.