Mantis keeping

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07.05.2008 1:04, RippeR

From the Crimea, he brought a large brown empusa larva with visible rudiments of wings. I put it in a plastic bowl, put a piece of bark and a dry leaf.
Do not moisturize.
I fed Lassiommata megera, which was unsuccessfully spreading its wings, today. Empusa from tweezers did not want to take-flowed, but as soon as I closed the lid, after a minute I looked, and she was already finishing her head - especially the proboscis was cool to eat-like licorice

What tips can I get for further development - how often to feed, how much light should be, since I do not live in direct sunlight. What else can I add to the box for the convenience of empusa?

And a small offtop:
Caught in the Crimea blacksmith Saga sp. He's still a maggot. Recently changed the skin, and the old podkushal malek. What conditions should I put it under, what should I put it on, and what does it eat?? I want to raise a good, big blacksmith!

07.05.2008 11:07, Боря

Empuzovs are specialists in winged flying insects, so in captivity they are recommended to be fed as follows: in summer - insects caught in nature on flowers (flies, hymenoptera, butterflies), in winter - flies bred from pupae. It is advisable to feed the flies in advance with honey from a saucer. Empusidae are thought to need flower nectar and pollen because they get them from pollinating insects. It is not recommended to feed cockroaches and crickets, this is atypical food for them and can cause poisoning.

I read about the dybka that it is a predator, the diet is similar to that of mantises. I would suggest locusts, grasshoppers; boiled meat and buckwheat and rice porridge, too, probably will not refuse (gray decticus, in any case, ate). Lizards and mantises are also on her menu.

I repeat that mantises can not be fed with bloodworms (and the rack is also not worth it).

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11.05.2008 22:12, Александр Нагорный

Friends!

1. (URGENT!) There are several (currently more than a dozen) Mantis religiosa L. larvae, from 3 to 7 years old (no adult yet). They came out of ootek at my house and went through several lines. I can give you half of it (especially the smaller ones). Pickup is welcome (I'm in Moscow).

I will be glad if you will give me some food for the remaining mantis larvae (drosophila, small crickets, maggots, etc.).

They say someone gave out scorpions here?

You can trade...

If you want, I can even lend you the mantises (watch them, take pictures, etc. ... and then return them if they survive

). Just the next month or two is very tight with time. Every day it takes me about an hour to catch prey (for ALL mantises) and another hour and a half to feed them.

2. (NOT URGENT) If someone has something interesting at home (scorpions, stick insects, beetles, spiders, etc.), I could borrow it for a photo shoot (I can even pay). I am ready to offer for similar purposes cockroaches (Madagascar hissing, American gray), tropical butterflies (from the Philippines), locusts (from Thailand), many different diptera (flies and mosquitoes), beetles and their larvae (including tropical ones), aphids, etc. and laying eggs

...and, of course, posing for the camera lens (or video camera).

Please call: +7-916-6049385.

It's better to call, not write here. Due to lack of time and Internet (I have) I may not be able to read the answer.