I have been given some Mantids

Andy

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What species are they?????????
I really dont know haha and I cant take a decent photo.

I think it is a chinese species though. any thoughts?
 

chris73

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Chances are it is the rare, yet fascinating Nomen nescio ;) :rolleyes:
 

Andy

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I dont know but they are really small atm at about 1cm
I have 10 and they are feeding off flightless flies atm
 

cacoseraph

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hrm

well, i've heard chinese mantids are hard to raise when they are tiny...

but really, even with a pic it's still mostly guessing...

but you seem to be over the hump i experienced with my carolina mantid babies... they were too small for FFFlies :(
 

Andy

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cacoseraph said:
hrm

well, i've heard chinese mantids are hard to raise when they are tiny...

but really, even with a pic it's still mostly guessing...

but you seem to be over the hump i experienced with my carolina mantid babies... they were too small for FFFlies :(
Yes well they are scoffing the flies at ease.
How often do they eat? I cant seem to find out anywhere.
Would be a good idea to find out I think.
 
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