Keep your mantids at cooler temps would be my best bet. Like? 10-15 degrees lower if it is a 100 degree mantis. Let a bunch of flies hatch, put a shallow dish of sugar mixed with water. And a small sprinkle of powdered buttermilk.I read most of the posts on overfeeding but wondered what you peps do when heading out on vacation I maybe gone for around 10 days at holiday time so some tips would be welcome.
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Royz
And oh, if these are smaller nymphs that feed on d mel. or hydei, put a already producing culture inside of their enclosure. Poke a 1/4 inch hole in one of those punched holes that have the cloth over it. I bet a nice amount of flies will crawl out every day. Hopefully not too much though!I read most of the posts on overfeeding but wondered what you peps do when heading out on vacation I maybe gone for around 10 days at holiday time so some tips would be welcome.
Thanks
Royz
Yeah. I've tried "wicking down". You'll have a flood for sure. To be frank with you, if you leave fly/bluebottle pupae in the pots plus about four eclosed flies per mantis, feed them heavily for a couple of days before leaving, clean out all the frass and drop in a small saturated sponge (the kind that you use for bungs) you should find them all alive, if slightly bad tempered when you get back.It could be a better idea to have the cloth above the water level and see if it wicks up enough to be useful.
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