need mantisfly help- I GOT EGGS!!

[agent A]

hey all, on wednesday i caught a mantisfly

it just laid a ton of eggs

how am i supposed to feed it bee larvae? can i use maggots instead??

thanx

 

[petoly]

oh man let me know how it goes! and I so want one =) I wonder how they ship... lol

 

[agent A]

oh man let me know how it goes! and I so want one =) I wonder how they ship... lol

i will take pics to prove it and maybe i will send u some

 

[agent A]

ok i identified her as a zeugomantispa minuta

 

[lancaster1313]

You will need some spider eggsacks for those. I had one a while ago but I couldn't find any eggsacks but my own spider's eggs. I was't about to donate those.

Keep updating!

 

[CoolMantid]

Yes they eat spider eggs.

 

[agent A]

i can find tons of spider egg sacks i will put them all in a cage with a moist paper towel B)

 

[Mime454]

Be sure to take a lot of pictures.

 

[aNisip]

Don't make it too wet...but yeah spiders eggs are what u need

 

[agent A]

here she is

 

[Mime454]

Oh wow. All of these in Missouri are an ugly brown color.

 

[agent A]

Oh wow. All of these in Missouri are an ugly brown color.

if i rear them well i may sell some...

 

[Mime454]

I thought that they didn't live very long. Anyone know for sure?

 

[aNisip]

They live for about the same length as a mantis...but I think they either start later in the season or die before the end...the mantis flies that I saw in Springfield MA looked like wasps...so cool

 

[Bug Trader]

I can collect these for you by the dozens, they are all over the windows of our house at night during the warm seasons. My kids feed them FF all the time.

 

[Mime454]

They live for about the same length as a mantis...but I think they either start later in the season or die before the end...the mantis flies that I saw in Springfield MA looked like wasps...so cool

The wasp like ones are the ones that we see here too.

 

[brancsikia339]

I love both! Good luck with the eggs!

 

[agent A]

I can collect these for you by the dozens, they are all over the windows of our house at night during the warm seasons. My kids feed them FF all the time.

can u catch me a few??

 

[CoolMantid]

Once they start hatching I would recommend moving the spider eggs close to them so they can get enough to eat