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Food and Feeding
Why does cricket use get a bad rap.
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<blockquote data-quote="lunarstorm" data-source="post: 194397" data-attributes="member: 5834"><p>I use crickets sparingly, usually when I'm out of flies and/or waiting for pupae to hatch. To define "sparingly", nearly all of my mantis species eat a cricket at least once a month during the winter months (the ones that don't are on fruit-fly only diets). And though rare, I've lost some mantis nymphs to a cricket's mandibles. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I've not lost an adult thus far, but the fact that a cricket is capable of injuring and killing a mantis is enough reason for me to use caution (ensure the mantis is larger than the cricket, isn't likely to molt soon, etc.)</p><p></p><p>I've heard various other negative aspects to crickets, e.g. claims that cricket-only diets can lead to infertility in some species, but I am very skeptical of those claims. From a mantis health perspective, other than the issue cited above, I haven't witnessed any negative impacts to using crickets as an occasional feeder for mantids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lunarstorm, post: 194397, member: 5834"] I use crickets sparingly, usually when I'm out of flies and/or waiting for pupae to hatch. To define "sparingly", nearly all of my mantis species eat a cricket at least once a month during the winter months (the ones that don't are on fruit-fly only diets). And though rare, I've lost some mantis nymphs to a cricket's mandibles. :( I've not lost an adult thus far, but the fact that a cricket is capable of injuring and killing a mantis is enough reason for me to use caution (ensure the mantis is larger than the cricket, isn't likely to molt soon, etc.) I've heard various other negative aspects to crickets, e.g. claims that cricket-only diets can lead to infertility in some species, but I am very skeptical of those claims. From a mantis health perspective, other than the issue cited above, I haven't witnessed any negative impacts to using crickets as an occasional feeder for mantids. [/QUOTE]
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