i got 3 mantis pods ,one of them was hatched this afternoon,i put some of them in the veiled cages cause there were so many of em.
has anyone ever fed veileds mantises before?

when i went up before the light goes off some of the mantis were on the top of the cage under the uvb light.

where did you buy the pods?

I would think that freshly hatched mantids are far too small for veileds, unless they are hatchling veileds. I feed the mantids to my brevs and temps.

i left about 60-75 of them in 4 cages at first i seen them ,then they started disapearing maybe the crickets ate them, theres one still alive that was separated all three of the pods opened,the one pod all died ,mostly all because i wasnt watching it and it got dry and they hatched n died.
i got them from ebay it was buy 2 get one free they were about 7 dollars delivered.

Hey,

Mantids are alot of fun, but they are also a really lot of work if you want to grow them up. They eat alot of fruit flies.... The baby chams love them though. Anyway, hope you have alot of fruit flies on hand

It is also possible that they ate each other...

Good deal on the pods, I am off to look for some.

Heika

A baby mantids favourite food is a baby brother...

Like mother like babies. Poor daddies rarely survive two minutes after mating.

Can anyone point me out to where to purchase mantids, and what their care is to raise them. Thank you

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I don't have any specific links atm, but I have seen them for sale at a few online gardening sites. They are sold as predators to help keep harmful insects away.


Found a link: arbico organics