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Food and Feeding
Mealworms vs BSFs
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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Clausen" data-source="post: 315204" data-attributes="member: 421"><p>Mealworms aren't a great option for mantises because they can bite the mantis and because of the thick cuticle you referred to. By BSF, I assume you also mean larvae. In my experience you mostly to hand feed (via tweezers) mantises with any sort of larva. Larvae just require a little more work, which isn't too huge a deal if you have a limited number of mantises. My recommendation would be to go with the black soldier fly larvae. Buy large/older larvae and then grow them up for a month or so until they pupate and the adults emerge. You then have a bunch of flies. They don't live too long, unfortunately. I only ever add coffee grounds into my bsf larvae, mixed into some coconut fiber and what they arrive in. I get the big ones and within a month I have a bunch of flies. You can stagger them by keeping them in colder conditions, or some of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Clausen, post: 315204, member: 421"] Mealworms aren't a great option for mantises because they can bite the mantis and because of the thick cuticle you referred to. By BSF, I assume you also mean larvae. In my experience you mostly to hand feed (via tweezers) mantises with any sort of larva. Larvae just require a little more work, which isn't too huge a deal if you have a limited number of mantises. My recommendation would be to go with the black soldier fly larvae. Buy large/older larvae and then grow them up for a month or so until they pupate and the adults emerge. You then have a bunch of flies. They don't live too long, unfortunately. I only ever add coffee grounds into my bsf larvae, mixed into some coconut fiber and what they arrive in. I get the big ones and within a month I have a bunch of flies. You can stagger them by keeping them in colder conditions, or some of them. [/QUOTE]
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