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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ohaple" data-source="post: 323997" data-attributes="member: 11034">Probably not a typical question, but am wondering if neocaridina shrimp (like red cherry shrimp) would be acceptable live food for mantises.We are starting a small colony of shrimp, and assuming they breed, we will have far more than we can use. Many of them will be given to friends or sold to the local pet store, but I am also curious whether it might be an ok live food for our mantises. We like to give them as much variety as possible (dubia, house flies, blue bottles, isopods, banana roaches, crickets, hornworms, mealworms) and I thought this would be one more we could add to the list. My main concern is whether the shrimp will trigger the prey drive. I was thinking that I could put the shrimp in a shallow dish of water and let the mantis perch on the side to grab them out of the water. Additionally, I wonder if the shrimp would be too high in chitin or something. Any thoughts appreciated!</blockquote>