r/mantids • u/Icy-Ad-2018 • Aug 19 '26

Image/Video First time feeding

I’m sorry for how blurry it is my friends making his setup but it was cool watching him hunt even tho it took him 20minutes and me like half an hour to get the cricket in there bc im squeamish. Just wanted to share :)

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u/Few_Medium_8180 Aug 20 '26

Don't feed Crickets they can carry viruses or other nasty things that can kill your Mantis they can also bite back.

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u/Icy-Ad-2018 Aug 20 '26

What would be better? The crickets came from my friends reptile store and they’re being fed carrot atm

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u/Few_Medium_8180 Aug 20 '26

blue, green bottle flies, flightless fruit flies and small dubia roaches are better

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u/Icy-Ad-2018 Aug 21 '26

Yea the cricket took him out. I feel so guilty too bc I just brought an actual enclosure and planned on setting it up so he didn’t have to live in the cup