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Mantid Discussions
Food and Feeding
Insects Mantises CANNOT eat?
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<blockquote data-quote="MrZorak" data-source="post: 335344" data-attributes="member: 11464"><p>I tried once to feed a firefly to a mantis, who instantly rejected it after taking a bite. I learned that part of firefly self defense is that they taste absolutely terrible, so birds and other predators largely avoid them. Another feeder that did not work out welt was an ant. I once fed a small ant to a spiny flower mantis. The ant bit down on the forearm of the mantis. The mantis was able to eat the ant off of the forearm but I suspect if it were biting in a different spot, or if it was a bigger ant, there would have been a problem (the spiny was an L3 or so nymph at the time). </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrZorak, post: 335344, member: 11464"] I tried once to feed a firefly to a mantis, who instantly rejected it after taking a bite. I learned that part of firefly self defense is that they taste absolutely terrible, so birds and other predators largely avoid them. Another feeder that did not work out welt was an ant. I once fed a small ant to a spiny flower mantis. The ant bit down on the forearm of the mantis. The mantis was able to eat the ant off of the forearm but I suspect if it were biting in a different spot, or if it was a bigger ant, there would have been a problem (the spiny was an L3 or so nymph at the time). [/QUOTE]
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