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Food and Feeding
Wild feeders
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<blockquote data-quote="Ranitomeya" data-source="post: 300235" data-attributes="member: 6796"><p>Aside from physical damage and venom, some wild feeders have a chance of being contaminated by a wide variety of man-made and natural chemical compounds that your mantis may not be able to deal with. Pathogens and parasites are also a concern when dealing with wild-caught food items. Feeding wild-caught orthopterans can be risky due to the chance of horsehair worms.</p><p></p><p> Bees and wasps of the right size are actually common prey items for many mantises and are unlikely to be problematic prey, but they are most likely to come into contact with insecticides sprayed on plants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranitomeya, post: 300235, member: 6796"] Aside from physical damage and venom, some wild feeders have a chance of being contaminated by a wide variety of man-made and natural chemical compounds that your mantis may not be able to deal with. Pathogens and parasites are also a concern when dealing with wild-caught food items. Feeding wild-caught orthopterans can be risky due to the chance of horsehair worms. Bees and wasps of the right size are actually common prey items for many mantises and are unlikely to be problematic prey, but they are most likely to come into contact with insecticides sprayed on plants. [/QUOTE]
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