ismart
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My net is my best tool. Sure my neighbors think i'm a fruit cake fairy running around my yard with a butterfly net, but it saves me money on feeders.
Most indispensable tool/device for keeping mantids?
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ABbuggin
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Your not alone! :lol:
In term of most importance to me:
1.) 11in. forceps (just like Yen, I have at least 8 different ones)
2.) deli cups
3.) my fly transferring contraption that works very well
4.) my little vials, great for holding feeders
5.) bamboo skewers
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Krissim Klaw
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A sense of humor, for those moments like when your mantis falls off the side of your TV and you have to fish her out of a two inch gap with the end of a 2 foot bamboo net and then spend the next 15 minutes trying to pick her new coat of dust and cobwebs off.
Thats why mine are not kept in living room, they would never be clean again!A sense of humor, for those moments like when your mantis falls off the side of your TV and you have to fish her out of a two inch gap with the end of a 2 foot bamboo net and then spend the next 15 minutes trying to pick her new coat of dust and cobwebs off.
planetq
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I use small water color brushes, with honey.
I just dip the water color brush in honey, then gently tap on the back of the fly (they stick right to it like glue)
and then feed the mantis.
It works well because the mantis gets a natural sugar coat of honey.
Minkyu
I just dip the water color brush in honey, then gently tap on the back of the fly (they stick right to it like glue)
and then feed the mantis.
It works well because the mantis gets a natural sugar coat of honey.
Minkyu
Krissim Klaw
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Lawls I would have never thought of using chopsticks to move a mantis but thanks for the tip. Normally I use my hands with no problems, but I got a couple of large cages with tons of stuff in them that can result in it being a pain to try and get to a mantis out. Just tried using some freebee wooden chopsticks left over from take out Chinese food, and boy did that simplify things. Much faster and easier than playing yoga master by warping my hands around sticks and plants without knocking them down while simultaneously trying to get at my bugs. :lol:
Hehe... I'm glad it helped!
I don't know what I'd do without mine. Have to tell you guys this...
I have a bunch of chopsticks all around in the bug room. I only had a few at first, and I kept getting frustrated at never having one when or where I needed it. We happened to have a family get-together at a Chinese restaurant, and I asked all my relatives to each pick up a pair for me, as I didn't want to seem strange or greedy grabbing a handful myself. :lol: It was so funny afterward out in the parking lot... here are my aunts, uncles, grandma, nieces, brother, mom, all handing over pairs of chopsticks to me and my son (he wanted to be the designated "collector"). My 2 nieces and son each took more than pair
, and we ended up with almost 30 pairs of chopsticks that day.
yeatzee
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Way to work the system! lol
We did leave a very nice pooled tip at least... so hopefully they weren't too awfully upset when/if they noticed the inventory in their chopstick bin was greatly reduced!
