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Mantids should be fed at least every 2-3 days. Younger mantids eat more frequently than older ones. They will not eat dead insects. Depending on the size of your mantid, live crickets, meal worms, house flies, and fruit flies are good prey choices.
If you keep a few live prey insects in their container you can observe how often your mantid prefers to eat.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoFood is an essential part of keeping a praying mantis as a pet. It can be fed small fruit flies, pinhead crickets, etc. As the praying mantis grows, it can be fed bottle-cap flies, bees, small Spiders, etc. If the praying mantis is hatched from an egg case, keep it in the same cage as the rest of the praying mantises and they can eat each other off. While this may sound cruel, it is the easiest way to keep the strongest praying mantises and it is the easiest way to feed them as it is very hard to find small enough food for the baby praying mantises. It can be fed as many times as you think you need to. I'd say at least 3-4 times during the day.
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∙ 15y agoBaby mantids should be fed every day. Fruit flies or other small insects are good prey choices.
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∙ 12y agoRegardless of age, they should be fed every 2-4 days. The youngest/smallest can be fed fruit flies, and the larger ones can be fed crickets.
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∙ 14y agoWhen it's reflexes are slow, it's hungry
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My praying mantis has a bent tail what does that mean?
They need to breathe as their bodies are slanted. There are 2,000 species of praying mantis, and some are born with bent tails, as this is their species. So, your praying mantis is fine.
Are praying mantis aggressive?
It depends on how the were raised. If you found a Praying mantis in the wild it may be aggressive, so if you want to take care of it, you need to be carefull when handulling it.
How do you get a praying mantis to eat?
Preying mantises need live food. Just leave the insect in the jar with the mantis. If the mantis will not eat, that probably means that it is not hungry.
Does a praying mantis need light?
i really don't know i just want to post something :)
What should you keep your praying mantis in?
what you need for a pet mantis is a tank the size of the tank depends on how large your mantis is. you will need a mister bottle mist your mantis every day. they need lots of sticks and leaves in their tank. baby mantis eat fruit flies mantis bigger then an inch will eat crickets moths etc.
Why won't baby praying mantis eat?
because it doesnt need to eat until it is a bit bigger
Does the praying mantis have a backbone?
No, instead, it has an exoskeleton [the outer shell]. No, A praying mantis has an exoskeleton. they don't need the heavy duty reinforcement and support that some of the bigger creatures need.
What type of metamorphosis does a praying mantis go through I'm doing a project and I need to know Thanks?
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What temperature will praying mantis babies survive?
I think about 46 degrees
Can you put your praying mantis in a fish tank NO water?
Yes. They just need to have some sort of stick in there to climb on and some smaller insects to eat.
What praying mantis?
A typical praying mantis usually spends its time camouflaged and waiting for insect prey to pass by. Other than that, they mate, drink water droplets, and lay egg-sacks that contain anywhere from 50-200 baby praying mantises. They do not harm humans.
Why do praying mantises eyes turn black when they eat?
Actually, the reason why a Praying Mantids eye turns black is because it is in need of water, spraying their cage with some water should help, just dont spray directly on the mantis!
