Well I have about 100 of them in a jar, I was planing on keeping 4 in hopes of getting a male and a female, just what should I do with them as babies? IE food, water, the other 96 of them. Should I leave them in there for awhile to decrees the population? Should I give a few to my ctenopoma? Think I can feed them mini krill or jumbo krill?
Baby preying mantids
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They'll eat each other, so you'll end up with the strongest of the bunch in no time at all.
You'll want to feed them fruit flies and small crickets; they will not take non-live foods at their current size.
You'll want to feed them fruit flies and small crickets; they will not take non-live foods at their current size.
How about letting some go outside (as long as they are native)? They are good to have around gardens.
Odds are that they're Chinese mantids as that species has been introduced in pretty much every state.
To cold outside here in WI (about 50 in the day and 40s at night) to let them go outside, so I should just leave them in there for a week and next week start with crickets?
I would start them with crickets and/or fruit flies this week if you want to have more than a few left.
Probably had an ootheca (egg sac).
Yea I had an egg sac. Starting them on wingless fruit flies, also is it ok if they are in a window in a 65 degree room?