It goes right to the thorax. Then you get questions like "do these wings make me look fat?".Worms are to fatty to feed all the time, take out food u know!
LOL!!It goes right to the thorax. Then you get questions like "do these wings make me look fat?".
Hey i never said that popa was smart...Um, Gripen, I think you mean the abdomen.
Yeah otherwise that would be one he-ll of a big thorax! LOL!Um, Gripen, I think you mean the abdomen.
the way mine have taken them as suggested by Tammy W, is to behead the meal worm and let the mantid taste of the gooey stuff from the body end of the worm. Usually after a few moments of tasting and thinking about it, it will take the rest of it in its raptorials and finish the job. I believe it is the same with Superworms, and with crickets.I do not think in general, a mantis takes to eating non-flying things. If one is really hungry it might go for a very active and wriggling meal worm, but the way mine have taken them as suggested by Tammy W, is to behead the meal worm and let the mantid taste of the gooey stuff from the body end of the worm. Usually after a few moments of tasting and thinking about it, it will take the rest of it in its raptorials and finish the job. It is an acquired thing with them.
Tammy says she actually has mantids that seem to take them with regularity. I believe it is the same with Superworms, and with crickets.
Waxworms are way more fatty than mealworms...shouldn't they be given as an occasional "treat", just like honey?I find mine love wax worms as well..
OK I feed my mantids at least 5 mealworms a week...Well I have been feeding my larger species a wax worm or two a week along with flies. No ill effects thus far.