Hi, To all i have Idolomantis diabolica two pairs arriving in the next week or so. To the people who have them or kept them ID like to hear your experience
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Very easy species to keep. Breeding them is something I have yet to experience due to my nymphs' age.
They're a very hardy species and eat well!
I keep mine in livemonarch.com's butterfly net cages.
L1-L3 eat house flies.
L3+ eat blue bottle flies
Idolos are a large species and are great eaters with big appetites! They LOVE manduca sexta.
I just fed my L7 Idolo a hawkmoth the other day! It was a sight to see! Manduca sexta are very large moths and my Idolo took him down no problem! lol.
My Idolo's temperature:
Day time temperature - Ranges between 85-93 degrees
Night time temperature - Ranges between 72-76 degrees
Humidity is most likley always in the 40% range since I keep them in the same room as my chameleons, (The chameleons' living plants inside of their screen cages get misted throughout the day).
The Idolos have a night light since my Furcifer Pardalis (Panther chameleons) like it lower at night. (66-69 degrees for the chameleons).
I mist the Idolo's cages once a day, VERY light misting.
I am not sure if you have the room? But I keep mine in individual cages once they're L4.
Are you receiving sub-adult/adult pairs for future breeding? Or...?