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Nymphs slowly dropping dead
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<blockquote data-quote="Aldebaran" data-source="post: 342651" data-attributes="member: 12387"><p>Thank you for your reply Ax55.</p><p></p><p>the lids have a plastic screen and the side vent holes have a finer mesh like fabric, the substate is coco fiber ecoearth. The fiber Stays moist, I can see when it’s getting dry. Could it be too much humidity??</p><p></p><p>The fruit flies are from various cultures that I grow myself. Mold is always a possibility, I don’t see any but do you use a substrate or find it better with something disposable? </p><p> I like your set up idea, it seems much more stable of an environment. Pickings are slim as far as feeders goes, it’s very limited where I live and I do my best with what I can get. I haven’t tried weevils yet but I read that they are ‘too hard’ for the mantids so I’m not sure if I should try them at all. Toxic plastic, maybe from the sprayer, but the cups are food grade so should be okay...all really great ideas you mentioned, good way to tighten the ship. </p><p></p><p>sorry about the delay in my reply, I did not receive a notification of your msg...new to the forum. Thank you again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldebaran, post: 342651, member: 12387"] Thank you for your reply Ax55. the lids have a plastic screen and the side vent holes have a finer mesh like fabric, the substate is coco fiber ecoearth. The fiber Stays moist, I can see when it’s getting dry. Could it be too much humidity?? The fruit flies are from various cultures that I grow myself. Mold is always a possibility, I don’t see any but do you use a substrate or find it better with something disposable? I like your set up idea, it seems much more stable of an environment. Pickings are slim as far as feeders goes, it’s very limited where I live and I do my best with what I can get. I haven’t tried weevils yet but I read that they are ‘too hard’ for the mantids so I’m not sure if I should try them at all. Toxic plastic, maybe from the sprayer, but the cups are food grade so should be okay...all really great ideas you mentioned, good way to tighten the ship. sorry about the delay in my reply, I did not receive a notification of your msg...new to the forum. Thank you again. [/QUOTE]
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