MAGGOTS AND FRUITS FLIES

[markcar69]

A friend of mine told me he butchered a shep and he had maggots on the ground where he butchered it.

I would like to no if these maggots are good for the mantis, maggots by the 100's. My other friend makes beer

and he leaves the molt and hops out by his house and there is fruits flys all around it are they good also.

 

[Mantida]

A friend of mine told me he butchered a shep and he had maggots on the ground where he butchered it.I would like to no if these maggots are good for the mantis, maggots by the 100's. My other friend makes beer

and he leaves the molt and hops out by his house and there is fruits flys all around it are they good also.

Maggots are not the ideal thing to feed mantids... especially if they've been eating a carcass... why don't you just order some fruit flies online?

 

[MantidLord]

Yeah dude, they're more healthy online, and you can buy them by the 100's I think.

 

[OGIGA]

A friend of mine told me he butchered a shep and he had maggots on the ground where he butchered it.I would like to no if these maggots are good for the mantis, maggots by the 100's. My other friend makes beer

and he leaves the molt and hops out by his house and there is fruits flys all around it are they good also.

I won't go into telling you to buy flies because you're looking for answers, so...

The fruit flies are probably good. I don't know wine-making but I'm assuming that the bacteria used aren't harmful.

Flies/maggots that grew from meat might not be so safe. Who knows what kind of bacteria the adult flies brought to the sheep parts? I guess you could get a little safer by sprinkling active yeast all over the ground and meat after the next slaughter... but it's only a little safer.

 

[markcar69]

Where is a good place to buy maggots and fruit flies online? I would like to get the best food I can for them.

Thank you very much for the help.

 

[macro junkie]

Where is a good place to buy maggots and fruit flies online? I would like to get the best food I can for them.Thank you very much for the help.

what country are u in?

 

[darkspeed]

Absolutely... Mantisplace would be my first choice. Try the yellow Hydei.http://www.mantisplace.com/feederinsects.html#Hydei

also...

https://www.silkwormshop.com/buyfruitflies/...i?product=hydei

http://www.wormman.com/pd_fruit.cfm

http://www.blackjungle.com/Merchant2/merch...tegory_Code=FFS

 

[hibiscusmile]

:blink: I guess you can't be to careful, but I don't see the harm in it. A drunk mantis maybe. But when they are outside in their natural environment they seem to know what to eat. I can just see them sitting on the wall waiting for the butcher to open shop for the day so they can eat :lol: . I imagine the ones we keep are a Little more susceptible to germs, beings they are not in their natural habitat and therefore could get sick easier, (u know like a kid in a bubble), but if push came to shove, u could always take the fruit flies in and put in a culture, wait until they lay eggs and remove them and start a culture from them, they then should be alright, and who of us if the mantis is out of food, would not go ahead and use whatever is available? Gee, can I ramble or what! :lol:

 

[markcar69]

THANK YOU. I TOOK YOUR ADVISE AND WILL TRY THE YELLOW HYDEI. I WILL ORDER THEM TOMORROW FROM THE MANTIS PLACE.

 

[markcar69]

:blink: I guess you can't be to careful, but I don't see the harm in it. A drunk mantis maybe. But when they are outside in their natural environment they seem to know what to eat. I can just see them sitting on the wall waiting for the butcher to open shop for the day so they can eat :lol: . I imagine the ones we keep are a Little more susceptible to germs, beings they are not in their natural habitat and therefore could get sick easier, (u know like a kid in a bubble), but if push came to shove, u could always take the fruit flies in and put in a culture, wait until they lay eggs and remove them and start a culture from them, they then should be alright, and who of us if the mantis is out of food, would not go ahead and use whatever is available? Gee, can I ramble or what! :lol:

I will give it a try. THANK YOU.

 

[bugzilla]

I don't see any reason why wild maggots would be different to cultured :blink: They all feed on rotten meat don't they

Obviously you'll need to nurture them to flyhood then feed them on honey for a few days!

 

[Rob Byatt]

Exactly what do you all think bait farms feed their maggots on ? We all buy these to feed our mantids.

 

[Gurd]

Exactly what do you all think bait farms feed their maggots on ? We all buy these to feed our mantids.

I know my local tackle shops supplier uses chicken carcasses but any meat that is classed unfit for human consumption could be used