What is your/ your mantid's favorite grub?

[Morpheus uk]

I use crickets mostly as they are easier for me to get, for species that need flying food i catch some big bluebottles for them, hoverflies seem the perfect one as they fly and are pollinators, i`ll feed my mantids wasps but not bee`s or butterflies/moths, i like bee`s and they are getting real rare now

 

[Rob Byatt]

I wonder where my post went........again ? :lol:

 

[collinchang635]

My mantid likes spiders too.

 

[idolomantis]

chomp.

 

[Morpheus uk]

I wonder where my post went........again ? :lol:

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Was there earliar on :blink:

 

[Birdfly]

Mantids seem to prefer fast, flying and buzzy things (they seem to know whats best for them, flight muscle) but as a rule most are opertunistic feeders, if they dont like it they reject it. Also as i want to succeed with them i only offer them insects as aposed to fatty food items.

 

[collinchang635]

My friend brought his ghost mantid to my house today. Tried to make it eat a tadpole. Unfortunately the ghost mantid struck but missed. After that, it didn't try anymore.

 

[joossa]

Green blow flies make up about 97% of my mantids' diets.

 

[yeatzee]

Update....for whatever reason we have bee immitating fly's everywhere. There really large to, so that has filled my mantids for quite some time now.