Psychobunny
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These fake plants at Amazon fit perfectly in the cubes, and they look nice, plus my mantids love them:
http://www.amazon.co...duct/B004HGE5O0
(I hope this link will work!!)
You can use a drop of silicone cement (aquarium glue) to attach these to the floor of the cube since
the base is not very wide and they can fall over.
Plus, if you only use a few drops of the silicone (smeer it around on the bottom base of the plant)
it can be removed from the netting with a brush and some alcohol if you ever want to remove it.
These have nice big leaves too, for your larger mantids.
Just to comment on a post above, yes, they are larger and it's harder for the mantis to catch food.
I only put my sub-adults/adults in these, and they learn to hunt their food.
Dont "baby" your mantis too much, let them learn their hunting strategy
What do you think they do outside, that's a much LARGER container, huh!!??
P.S. The fake plant I am talking about can be seen in my photos above in my first post.
Another thing, these need to be washed with warm soapy water because they have a thin "oily"
like film on them. I just put them in the shower with me !! LOL (am I a cracked nerd or what!!??)
http://www.amazon.co...duct/B004HGE5O0
(I hope this link will work!!)
You can use a drop of silicone cement (aquarium glue) to attach these to the floor of the cube since
the base is not very wide and they can fall over.
Plus, if you only use a few drops of the silicone (smeer it around on the bottom base of the plant)
it can be removed from the netting with a brush and some alcohol if you ever want to remove it.
These have nice big leaves too, for your larger mantids.
Just to comment on a post above, yes, they are larger and it's harder for the mantis to catch food.
I only put my sub-adults/adults in these, and they learn to hunt their food.
Dont "baby" your mantis too much, let them learn their hunting strategy
What do you think they do outside, that's a much LARGER container, huh!!??
P.S. The fake plant I am talking about can be seen in my photos above in my first post.
Another thing, these need to be washed with warm soapy water because they have a thin "oily"
like film on them. I just put them in the shower with me !! LOL (am I a cracked nerd or what!!??)
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