pinheads for Idolo nymphs?

[Ricardo]

EDIT : Violins sorry

I cant get a hold of fruit flies so I'm going to see if I can get some pinheads. IS that okay? Will they eat em if they're hungry enough?

I don't know when they hatched I'm pretty ashamed of myself. I thought they were all dead in the egg so I got really busy and didn't check for like a week. I found two of them dead and four special ones very much alive. I fed them some water from a toothpick for some sort of sustenance but I think pinheads are my only options here :/

 

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I've fed pinheads to my baby budwings, should be sfine as long as the mantids are big enough to eat them.

 

[yen_saw]

The photo you have there is not Idolo nymph. It is violin nymphs.

I use house flies for L1 Idolomantis, pinhead might be too small but they will go for it if hungry.

 

[Ricardo]

The photo you have there is not Idolo nymph. It is violin nymphs.

I use house flies for L1 Idolomantis, pinhead might be too small but they will go for it if hungry.

What L would you say mine are? Medium crickets seem to be considerably to big for them so I assumed pinheads would be fine? ( And I know they're gongys I had a brain malfunction there for a sec )

 

[hibiscusmile]

aw! poor babies! :lol:

 

[angelofdeathzz]

They eat house flies and or bb's, flying insects are preferred.

 

[Rick]

Those guys can get rather large prey at L1.

 

[ismart]

You should pick up small crickets. I would think pinheads are to small for an L1 gongy. Next time you buy, an ooth or nymphs. You should at least have some fruit flies cultures readily available.

 

[dgerndt]

I thought gongys can't eat crickets? Only flies... ?

 

[ismart]

I thought gongys can't eat crickets? Only flies... ?

They can, it's just not the prefered choice.

 

[Ricardo]

Okay they're eating the pinhead , except for two of the bigger nymphs who are very glum and tired looking.

 

[sporeworld]

Try the honey-on-the-tip-of-a-stick trick. If they go for it, "accidentally" squish a few pinheads in there. See if that gets them stimulated.

 

[Ricardo]

Try the honey-on-the-tip-of-a-stick trick. If they go for it, "accidentally" squish a few pinheads in there. See if that gets them stimulated.

Would syrup work?

I think they know the pinheads are food now. I believe three of the four have eaten nicely, but one of them has been in the same area for the whole day and has not even noticed the food despite my vigorous attempts. Is he going to molt or is he a gonner?

 

[angelofdeathzz]

getting him to eat anything is good it this point, so if syrup is all you have then try it on a toothpick, if it works coat a cricket in it next.

 

[sporeworld]

Honey or mushed banana has worked for me. What about feeder worms from the petstore?

 

[Ricardo]

To late. The weak one died off and the other three are eating fine

 

[dgerndt]

They can, it's just not the prefered choice.

Aw, dang! I could have gotten a really good deal on a gongy but I was told that they literally can't eat crickets. *pouts*

 

[sporeworld]

Hey, Deby! If you're talking about "A" Gongy, there are lots of options. They'll eat out of your hands eventually. I hand fed some fly larve when I had a food crisis, and even some waxworms (I think that's what they were). Just buzz the tweezers around and they'll snap it up. On a small scale, you could take him/her out for daily hand feedings. I know the leave-em-in-their-deli-cup people out there will be furious, but the lovey-dovey people (like me) will love it. Or should I say "eat it up"!

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Deby- there's a myth out there that if you feed Violins crickets they won't produce fertile ooths, something to do with the high protein % or something like that, not sure if its true or not but I've had dozens of gongy and I can tell you they don't really like crickets or any non flying bug, only my adults have ever ate crickets. Gongy won't chase there food more than a inch or two as a rule, so flies flying by is what they like to pick right out of mid air. the buzzing sound of the flies wings get them looking around for a meal that they rarely miss.

When you see a mantis with the leg plates like Gongy-Idolos etc. those type eat flying insects almost exclusively.

Flies are cheap so get some Gongy and you won't be sorry, and hey we can almost go outside and catch flies-moths-wasps for free now.