What would you feed a pet praying mantis?
praying mantis are really cool - they eat insects, preferably those that are gut loaded (fed with special vitamins that pass on to the mantid). you can get crickets from your local petstore that you can feed with these vitamins to (also from petstore) that you can feed to your mantis. heres a caresheet from petco (couldnt find any better ones!)- http://www.petco.com/caresheets/inverteb... .
How to care for and feed a praying mantis and is it ok to keep as a pet or school project?
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Why do they call it a preying mantis and not just a mantis?
Technically, the only species that should be refered to as a preying (or praying) mantis. This is the European mantis, or Mantis religiosa.Adult female praying mantisThey are callled “praying mantises” because of the way they hold their front legs, which double as arms for holding their prey.This positioning somewhat resembles the way hands are sometimes held while praying, thus the name “praying mantis.”As a bonus, here are a few other neat mantis species you may or may not be aware of:The Brunner’s stick mantis (Brunneria borealis) - It’s the only truly clonal (reproducing only from females) mantis species out there!The devil’s flower mantis (Idolomantis diabolica) - As far as cool names go, this one won the lottery.The orchid mantis. (Hymenopus coronatus) - One of the most beautiful species out there.Why not one more? Here you go:The ghost mantis. Phyllocrana paradoxaca. These are pretty cool looking, and have a cool name. Easier to take care of than a devil’s flower mantis, too.So, really, mantises are incredibly diverse. There are so many species, each with different names and classifications. Most of the time, too, their common name is pretty straightforward—you can usually find out its etymology just by looking at the scientific name or its appearance.
Can you have a praying mantis as a pet?
Yes, you can have a praying mantis as a pet. First, you need to have a home for your pet. You can keep them in a nice big vivarium, but Mantises are perfectly content in smaller enclosures with a height of approx. 2.5 times their length and about 2 times their length in width. (So a 2 inch mantis would do well in a container 5 inches tall and 4 inches across.) Whatever you keep them in, they will spend most of their time hanging upside down, waiting on their prey to get close enough for them to grab them with their raptors. Your Mantis will need air, so you will need to make sure that it is ventilated, but you don't want the holes too large, or your pets’ food might escape. If you decide on a larger enclosure, you will need lots of things for your pet mantis to climb around on. You can use just about anything such as ivy, sticks, etc... Let your creativity guide you. Make sure that all of the items in your mantis enclosure are secured, so that they won't fall on and injure your pet. Your pet mantis will not need a water dish, as mantises drink water droplets from plant leaves, or from the side of the enclosure. You will water them once a day by misting the inside of their enclosure with a spray bottle. It usually only takes 1 or 2 squirts. Then you can feed them by placing a fly, cricket or other bug in the enclosure with them. They should be fed every day, but they won't always eat, especially when getting close to molting. If you notice that your pet mantis is not eating for a couple of days, then he or she is likely to molt soon. It is very important that they are not moved or disturbed at this time, as they could fall and it is almost always fatal. So before you touch their container for feeding, or misting them, always look inside and check on them. When they shed their old exoskeleton they are very soft and easily damaged. A few hours after they molt, their new exoskeleton will start to harden and once you see them moving around, it is safe to hold them again.Hope this helps....
Taking care of an injured praying mantis?
-Missing a leg or two, a leg or two broken -Sometimes can't stand up straight or balance itself -Greenish, about 2-2 1/2 inches (small) -Currently living in a large white bowl/container w/paper towels to grip on to, and straws to climb on (I haven't gotten sticks or leaves yet) Has a clear plastic top w/air holes. -Was living in a smaller glass bowl before. -It's been almost 3 days. It's not a proper home, I just don't want it to die when it gets cold outside. I want to release it when it's warmer outside. But it's fall now... What should I feed it, and will it's legs grow back?
Pet Praying Mantis (beginner)?
Every year my brother and I go out and look for one or two in the wild to keep as pets. They don't need much care, and they are all really the same, it just depends on the manor of that particular mantis. We have had some that did nothing but fly at us and attack us, and we have had some that were very gental and would sit with you wherever you went. Where can you buy one? the only place that I have ever known to sell them live was at a giant outdoor flower event that we had by my town years back, you can buy egg sacks from some local flower stores where I live though. If you can find one that you can buy live consider yourself lucky. If you buy an egg sack, DON'T try to raise them to hatch in your house, it will only lead to them all dying and you having to clean them up, and several hundred nearly impossible to see insects will be a hassle to pick up. My advice would be to go out and find one yourself and catch it. Best places to look are green bushes and shrub-like trees, (i have never found one on a tree more than 7ft tall) they WILL BE very hard to see, and the odds are they are not going to move if you spook them, you have to see them. I have found a few perched on the side of brick buildings, that is sometimes a rescourcefull place to look. KEEP IN MIND that right about now is when they all start dying because winter is coming close, there are still some out here (in Illinois) my bro saw one the other day. HOW TO CARE FOR THEM: we always kept ours in a small glass aquarium, but any medium or large sized transparent box with a locking lid will work. Put small to medium sized wood chips in the bottom of the cage and ALWAYS put a stick (not a twig...) in there for them the hang from, ours always spent their time there. FOOD: crickets, just drop one or two in the cage, keep in mind though that they might not see it or want it until even a day or two after you put it in, you really can't force-feed these insects. They will see it when they are hungry so don't worry about them not eating. They usually live for about a few months, longest we ever had one was from mid September (WHEN THEY ATART APPEARING) to January becuause of the fair climate in our house. You shouldn't expect to find one on the first day of searching if you do intend to find one in the wild, they are VERY WELL camoflauged, so look twice before you move on, and stay out of your neighbor's yard!!
Is a praying mantis blind?
I just put my pet praying mantis on the bottom of a plant since it likes to climb, and I saw it reach out helplessly for something to get in it's grip. I'm worried that it could be blind! It didn't seem to be struggling when we first got it, but it's been about a week, and it seems to be going "down-hill." Could it have become blind in a few short days? Please let me know and thank you!
How can you kill a praying mantis?
Yes, how can you kill a praying mantis?With better Kung fu moves?From studying it, the Kung fu sifu developed a series of deadly moves and strike for unarmed combat. You should not kill this icon of unarmed combat.Northern Praying Mantis - WikipediaI know you may not like the fact she eats her mate, but that is her pragmatic nature, you know. He has got his fun, so now he has to pay the price, spiders also eats their mates, so it just pragmatism, they then become food for the female to formed the eggs, and egg case.World's Weirdest: Deadly Praying Mantis LoveThank goodness, most human females don’t behave like them.But, let us go through the practical aspect of their existence. The fact they ate other bugs should meant something. Of course, they ate some good bugs, as well as the bad, but that is a fact of life? No?The fact that some of them camouflage themselves as flowers, and leaves, is providing us inspiration to blend ourselves into the background and develop camouflage dressing, is praise worthy.Flower mantis - WikipediaCome on, there is so much good in them, so let them live, huh?See they are praying.
Injured Praying Mantis Advice?
Okay so a bug was buzzing us and I assumed it was a random fly or weird looking hornet. I managed to hit it with a puzzle box and we found it on the counter. I went to finish him off when I realized that it was in fact a young praying mantis. I'm fully aware they are not endangered or even remotely rare, but I feel horrible as they are one of my favorite insects. The mantis is very lethargic but can move all limbs. It has moved from its side onto its belly and is moving by its front claws mainly. I don't see any outside damage to him, but it's obvious I hurt him. He's currently in a small bug house in a dark quiet room and appears to have improved slightly, but I could be wrong. Anyone with insect experience have any advice? I'd love to save him if possible, but if it's a loss cause I will put him out of his misery. I am willing to nurse it if possible- I have several dozen pin head crickets. I also have tanks I could keep him in, as well as a large flower garden I have found mantises in previous years.
Let's say that you reborn as a male of praying mantis, what do you do, knowing what destiny awaits you, that is to be eaten alive by your one night companion?
uIsn't it what really true and altruistic love means which is about to make life going on,when giving it for the strongest to pass it on?indeed I once have watched such a scene among mantises in Portugal because they are not to find in my Central European highlands, even those were only finding my attraction because of a few rapid movings in a bush some feet away from me. I wouldn't have seen them otherwise but the male has already been invited for dinner which has been already prepared while the love act was nearly coming into it's final.A quite efficiently strategy to save resources and using them without remains which you also can monitor by spiders and some other insects.Ok, Madam has been a bit greedy so the head fell off in the end after this live alive fresh meal.But what is really better?Our human ways to blast up human bodies of all kinds, to cut off heads and breasts of living human beings slaughtering and poisoning their cattle and waters only to have one f..kindly loving in a luxury home reading bibles, Koran, Vedes, and whatever kinds of philosophical literatures is making us forget to what we have done, even by supporting and watching it on TV day by days without any raising of a single finger or brain to stop this?What's the real cruel you're asking for?By the way, it has only been my homorous sense of playing with the decorations in my shop before making this picture without any other deeper sense than to share a stupid dreamy looking smile.The book is only an empty box.All you of your questions that you can cangine have already become written inside.It's up to you to fill the emptiness between the lines.Don't loose your head before you'll be getting grabbed and chewed up by the right one.I am very sure you'd be acting the mantis way if you really can accept, knowing what love is.With your parents you almost have to share the past.You can share the moment with a lover.But you almost have to shsre the future with a child.a self-dredged quote. inspired by some mantises I have been before