non canibal mantis
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wont find too many that are not cannibalistic unless your looking into idolos,brunners or violins but acromantis dont seem too cannibalistic or the limbatas but could be wrong on those and have 2 acromantis females in the same enclosure and they leave each other alone and my limbatas seem to leave each other alone too well so far anyways and one of them is like l5 and other is like l3-l4!But not sure if the majority of these would do well in very large enclosures but wont know unless you dont try them!
yeatzee
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All are... I had a violin eat its sister with plenty of flies in the container yesterday <_<
kitkat39
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My Brunners actually ate each other to my surprise, and there was plenty of food in their enclosure too! So I guess you could take that one off the list...
Schloaty
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I am currently having very good luck with Ghosts.
Limbata - not so much. They will eat ANYTHING that moves.
I genearlly find (in my Oh-so-vast experience) mantids that prefer smaller prey are less prone to canibalism. My ghosts certainly fall in that category. They'll take on larger stuff if they're really hungry, but mostly prefer things around the size of houseflies - and they're fully adult.
Limbata - not so much. They will eat ANYTHING that moves.
I genearlly find (in my Oh-so-vast experience) mantids that prefer smaller prey are less prone to canibalism. My ghosts certainly fall in that category. They'll take on larger stuff if they're really hungry, but mostly prefer things around the size of houseflies - and they're fully adult.
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