Ummm...MOLT...

[hysteresis]

Wow. So people that feed dubias are hand-feeding  all the time?

 

[Nightowl007]

Lol same...I didn’t know...I’m used to leave them do their thing...

 

[Nightowl007]

Ok! Btw, most mantids will not hunt dubias because they live on the ground and like to hide under things. 

- MantisGirl13

O I usually helped mine to eat...sometimes...whenever one of my mantids can’t catch a fruit flies bc they just keep falling from the sides...I just guide the fruit flies to him/her. I don’t know how to sex the mantids lol and cause they’re too young to know. O one of my twigs molted...y r they always do it when I’m not around?!?!? I mean I prefer that cause of their success growth rate but still...never seen one molts before...

 

[MantisGirl13]

@hysteresis @Nightowl007 Yes, almost all people who have feed roaches hand feed their mantids. You don't have to hold the food for them; once they get a taste they will grab it like a normal prey item with their raptors. 

@Nightowl007 Do you have Popa spurca african twigs? What instar are they?

- MantisGirl13

 

[hysteresis]

@MantisGirl13 during her final few weeks, getting her happy enough to lay an ooth, I mostly hand-fed Lola.

I'd dissect her crickets, or just present them live, with tweezers. Just as you say.

 

[Nightowl007]

@MantisGirl13

ummmm hard to say...cause one of them molted...but I got them when they were in their L4 stage 

 

[MantisGirl13]

@MantisGirl13

ummmm hard to say...cause one of them molted...but I got them when they were in their L4 stage 

Cool! I have L5 popas and they are adorable little monsters!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Nightowl007]

Lol yeah...mine got even more active after molting.

 

[MantisGirl13]

Lol yeah...mine got even more active after molting.

Yeah, mine constantly wander around their cage when they don't think I'm looking, then when I get closer they become 'Instant twigs'  

- MantisGirl13

 

[Nightowl007]

Yeah, mine constantly wander around their cage when they don't think I'm looking, then when I get closer they become 'Instant twigs'  

- MantisGirl13

yikes. lol. wait do u keep them together?!

 

[MantisGirl13]

No, but I keep their cages all next to each other. I think my spell check changed 'cages' to 'cage', sorry!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Nightowl007]

Ohhh...ok...yeah I keep them close too...cause of space and also getting used to each other...

 

[MantisGirl13]

Ohhh...ok...yeah I keep them close too...cause of space and also getting used to each other...

Ya, My entire closet is full of mantis cages so it is impossible not to have them close to each other!

- MantisGirl13

 

[Mantis Lady]

I have mine in a row on my desk, till they need bigger homes and growing out of their cups.