What mantis eats, what environment it lives in and how much water it drinks. Talk about the main points of raising mantis, the more detailed the better. I am in the countryside.

When you meet a mantis, maybe on the road, maybe on the window, maybe on your back, I hope you can think more after being surprised. If you meet mantis for the first time, you will be surprised, and you may have the idea of keeping this cool little thing as a pet. Well, first of all, you can think about whether you have the ability to support her. If it's just a curiosity, let him go (please don't

So, how can we support ourselves? Please look at the following points. If you can meet them, you can raise them.

1. Patience and love

Have time to take care of her (don't forget her in a few days)

3. There are places around where you can find mantis food (such as grassy fields with many locusts, such as hillsides, and of course there are flower and bird markets and insect shops).

Well, if you can meet the above points, congratulations, you have become a mantis lover. You can share the fun and experience of raising mantis with your friends in the mantis bar.

Let's share my experience and common sense.

1. mantis is a hunter, not a catcher, which means mantis is good at ambush rather than chasing and fighting. In addition, most mantises like to hang upside down. You can find a bigger bottle, put a branch in it or find a cage. There is also a good thing called screen window.

Make it fit perfectly in mantis's box.

2. Although it should be okay for mantis not to eat for more than a week (provided it doesn't starve to death), I still suggest feeding it once every 2-3 days (in this case, if large prey such as locusts are small, the flattening rate should be improved), so that you can have time to find food for him. Don't eat too much at a time. Mantis is an insatiable hunter. It is easy to eat as much as you want. Hunger for a few days will stimulate predation.

3. If two mantissas are together, they will be eaten weak, so don't save space. If you want to mate, please make sure it is a species and put it away so that he can invite her bride himself.

4. As for the preyed mantis, it can prey on any creature about 65,438+0.2-65,438+0.5 times its body length (provided that it is in good condition and not in good condition, and it can find weaker food, such as butterflies and moths. Ps, and don't let cockroaches in for the night. Mantis is like a sculpture that will be killed by nocturnal cockroaches at night. Of course, it is most suitable if there is Tenebrio molitor.

When you find yourself upset under unexpected circumstances, let it go out for a walk. Generally, the smaller mantis will shed its skin or die if it doesn't eat suddenly. All you can do is feed him. At this time, you can find a weak insect to feed him. You can also find a line to hang its prey and shake it in front of its eyes. If you don't eat it, you can probably wait for a day or two.

Another situation is that the parasite iron nematode parasitic in mantis's stomach is terminally ill, with more eggs than Orthoptera, so it is safer to eat Tenebrio molitor.

6. As long as the feeding environment is dry, there must be air circulation and support (provide him with a branch for his feet, not too many leaves, branches or gauze). There should be enough space for mantis to stretch out his arms and not bump into it.

Too wet will lead to the death of mantis, and cleaning up environmental germs from time to time is also mantis's greatest fear, so he has to clean himself up n times a day.

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".......... 2 feeds one-year-old mantis.

One-year-old mantis breeding is the most difficult and painstaking process, but one thing is certain, whoever raises mantis from childhood to adulthood will truly appreciate the beauty of mantis and truly become a mantis master. But one-year-old mantis is difficult to raise, so it is not recommended for beginners to raise it. Let's talk about the reproduction of one-year-old mantis: many people believe that fruit flies and aphids can provide mantis with enough food, and some people plan that mantis will provide food when they kill each other, and eventually there will be survivors. In fact, this concept is wrong. Dear friend, do you know how difficult it is for little mantis to catch a prey? .........."

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Mantis lovers' favorite beautiful orchid mantis

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1996, I raised a little mantis hatched by its mother's egg in 1995. I remember it hatched on June 3rd, 1996/kloc-0. I kept three and put the rest back in the park. Two of them drowned because of water. The last one uses a watering can to spray some water on the flowers first, and then put it on the flowers when they are dry. It can drink water by itself. Find some aphids on the flowers and put them on them. He can eat them himself. Don't feed too much water, you will drown. It will peel off after more than a week, and it will be easy to raise at the age of three. Honey bug is the best food, so I don't need to talk about it in the future. You should be able to do it.

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I have raised mantis 15 years. Share my experience.

The first is the collection of mantis. If you find many mantises in one place, don't worry, you will come again next year, and there will be some.

I have four bases in Hangzhou. Every time I catch a mantis, it only takes a few minutes if I'm in a hurry. After I find a mantis, if it is hungry and alert for several days, it will try to escape after finding you. These mantises have net bags and things like that.

Anyway, I'm unarmed .. It's the best way to let mantis climb into your hand, and despise anyone who catches mantis with a coke bottle. ..

I always carry a small cage.

Don't raise mantis with water bottle. Aquarius is easy to damp, mantis is not easy to open its hands and feet. Just use containers such as paper boxes and iron boxes.

Mantis's range of activities is not large. If the family has the conditions (family allows), you can use a large glass jar and a goldfish bowl. You must put the branches in the jar. You can also ask a carpenter to customize it, but it depends on RP ... I don't think I can find it now. ..

I used to use a special cage, which was made of wood up and down with gauze on the side. There is no need to put any plants, mantis can do anything, and there is enough space.

Mantis had better not be kept together, which is easy to be tragic.

I also tried stocking it in the yard. There is a small garden in our new home. We put mantis on a small tree in the garden. Because the range of mantis activities is not very large (except for the restlessness two days before emergence, males instinctively look for females), it is interesting to keep it in the garden and it is convenient to observe mantis predation. If I want to observe mantis well, I usually remove the hind legs below the second joint of locusts and let them climb over (to prevent locusts from escaping).

Breeding: If you are afraid of putting the male and female together, you can use this method. Settle the male mantis first, wait until it is quiet and stop running, and let the female mantis climb over by herself. This method has a high success rate ... I used to take the mother mantis to the wild for fitness ~ hehe

Mantis does not need to be fed every day. It's better to be hungry for two days before eating.

The newly hatched mantis is the most difficult to raise, aphids are the best food, and mosquitoes are good, but mosquitoes are more difficult to catch and aphids are easier to find ... Some people breed fruit flies, but I have never tried it because I really hate Diptera.

Mantis appears:

You should be very careful about this. I once had one. When I came out, because I couldn't find a suitable branch, one leg was scarred (leg molting was delayed and some bones became hard). A few days after emergence, one leg was broken. Therefore, it is best to put the mantis on a small tree when it is about to emerge, and flowerpot plants can be used. It is not surprising that it will stop eating and get restless two days before emergence.

Keeping mantis, like keeping other pets, requires hard work ... If it is playful, please release it.

Finally, the problem of female mantis eating male mantis is purely caused by aggressive habits (mainly broadsword). It was the female mantis who was disturbed when the male mantis mated well and stepped down from the sadness of the female mantis. As long as the grasshopper climbs on the mantis's back, you will know that it is not a noble male mantis at all, which gives the female mantis nutrition.

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If you break your leg in front of a young nymph, there is still hope.

One of my mantis legs was broken at the tibiofibular joint, and the next time I molted, my foot grew at the end, but it was smaller than normal. However, my mantis has grown up by this time, and I guess if I shed my skin a few times, maybe that foot will grow out completely.

Landlord added: if it is the last time (referring to adulthood, no longer molting), it will not work.

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Refer to David D. Yago's Comparison of Feeding and Breeding Mantis.

Mantis is an insect with sexual reproduction, which has a lifetime experience, eggs, nymphs and adults. The process of this change varies from species to species For some races, each age is generally short, and the life span of adults is also short. When the temperature is right, it usually takes three to four weeks for small species to hatch, and four to six weeks for large species. Small species usually have five to six ages, while large species range from eight to ten. The life span of race adults is generally four to eight weeks, and that of large adults can be as long as four to six months, and it has been recorded for more than one year under artificial conditions. Environmental factors have a great influence on life cycle. Humidity, temperature and light will change the hormone level of nymph, then affect the physiological metabolism level, and finally cause the change of age.

About 30% mantis species are heteromorphic. Generally speaking, males are younger, they become adults earlier, and adults live shorter lives. Therefore, male individuals are more vulnerable and have different environment and food needs from females in feeding.

For the design of feeding environment, on the one hand, it is to simulate the living environment of mantis in the wild as much as possible.

On this basis, improve the environment and screen the environmental factors that are really beneficial to the growth and reproduction of mantis.

Environmental control will be introduced from the following aspects.

illuminate

It is not easy to simulate natural light indoors. White baking lamps are not a good choice (generating too much heat), and fluorescent tubes are usually used to provide the required lighting.

Photoperiod will have a certain impact on living things. Generally speaking, light 12 hours per day is widely used, and some high-latitude species need light 15 hours per day to reproduce well. Reducing the length of the day can also stimulate temperate species to increase their egg production.

Mantis preys on insects by sight. Therefore, predation requires moderate light and tries to avoid sun exposure.

temperature

Temperature requirements vary from species to species. Species in desert areas may need room temperature of 35 degrees Celsius or even higher during the day. For most species, the daytime temperature is generally controlled at 28 to 30 degrees, which is a more suitable temperature.

However, my opinion on personal breeding is generally controlled at 24-26 degrees, and space is limited.

Heating devices are more readily available than cooling devices. It is easy to buy a reptile feeding box in China. There is a white light in the box or a heating pad under the box, which can effectively raise the temperature of the feeding environment. It is worth noting that the local environment should not be overheated. Of course, the best breeding tool is the light incubator. Because of its high price, another disadvantage found in use may affect mantis molting, because the compressor will vibrate when working.

For individual species, such as orchid mantis, 32 degrees Celsius is the lethal temperature, so it is necessary to consider cooling air-conditioned rooms or temperature control boxes to raise such species.

humidity

The ideal humidity is generally 50-70%. Humidity is especially important for young nymphs. First of all, young nymphs are more likely to lose water in their bodies. Second, when molting, we must ensure the success of molting. So you can lower the humidity a little when raising people. However, excessive humidity can easily lead to many diseases, especially in the case of high temperature and high humidity, special attention should be paid to the air permeability of feeding containers.

When I control the humidity, I usually put a sponge or paper towel in the bottle, and then spray water on it to keep it moist. If there are water drops or accumulated water in the bottle, it is fatal to nymphs. First, it is often stuck, or it absorbs water droplets instead of preying. Similarly, water droplets will stick to fruit flies and young crickets. In short, water drops and stagnant water should be avoided.

Different types of humidity control are also different. Therefore, it is particularly important to know the living environment of this species before breeding.

Environment and scenery

Mantis will change its eating environment at least two or three times in its life. Why didn't you choose enough feeding space at first? That's because if the feeding space is too large, it is not easy for young nymphs to find the food they put in. The best space is generally about 4 times the length, width and height of nymphs. Especially in height, many kinds of mantis, such as flower mantis, usually turn upside down, so the space height should be at least three times as long as the nymph, and a gauze should be placed at the top of the raised box for its home.

food

Most species of mantis are not picky eaters and will catch any moving insects (although most ants and beetles are not accepted)

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The main food for raising mantis under artificial conditions is flies (fruit flies, houseflies, calliphora, etc. ), crickets and cockroaches. The health or nutritional status of the food provided is also very important for the healthy growth of mantis. For example, a few days before feeding mantis crickets, add high protein dog food and fresh vegetables to crickets.

The key to successful feeding is to choose the right size prey. Most newly hatched nymphs can prey on Drosophila melanogaster (wild-type or with residual wings), while for some smaller species, even Drosophila melanogaster is too big to catch, and can only provide nymphs of its jumping insects or some small cockroaches (similar in size to jumping insects). Flies of various sizes, such as houseflies and calliphora, are suitable for those slender species, and crickets and cockroaches with appropriate sizes are also good choices, especially those larger species, which are used as large prey in adulthood. When choosing food, we should also consider the predatory habits of mantis. For example, crickets like to be at the bottom of the container, while some kinds of mantis are only at the top of the container. It is not a good choice to feed them with crickets.

Different kinds of mantis like different kinds of food. For example, species that move on the ground prefer insects on the ground, such as cockroaches and crickets, while species that stay on plant branches or wait for flowers prefer flies and bees. Some species of mantis even have certain predatory characteristics, and even starve to death without providing their specific insects.

Feeding time should also take into account the habits of mantis. There are species that are active at night, such as bark mantis, and species that are active in the sun during the day, such as flower mantis. Generally speaking, they should feed it at least twice a week. For young nymphs, it is recommended to feed fruit flies every day. Generally, the number of fruit flies fed should be basically eaten within two to three hours, and the remaining individuals will not have much impact. It is worth noting that mantis will not prey again 24 to 36 hours before molting, so it should avoid feeding again at this time, because the activity of prey will seriously affect mantis molting, which is why I object to releasing too many prey at one time. Females generally need more food, especially after laying eggs, and males are also beneficial to mating when there is enough food.

When molting, mantis is very fragile and is likely to be eaten by crickets, so special attention should be paid to feeding crickets and cockroaches and removing the remaining prey in time.

For food, it is important to avoid food collected in the wild as much as possible. Due to the pollution of parasites or pesticides, mantis will leave hidden dangers and eventually die suddenly.

moisture

While adding water to the container to keep the humidity, it also provides the mantis with necessary water. Male mantis (delicate) and nymph are more sensitive to environmental humidity. It is not appropriate to put water in the feeding container. When supplying water, it is suggested to use distilled water instead of tap water, because substances such as chlorine in water may be harmful to mantis.

type

Successful breeding of mantis is an art.

Under artificial conditions, very diverse mating behaviors can be observed. Some species will mate easily and produce hundreds of fertilized eggs, while some species will produce a considerable proportion of unfertilized eggs even after mating, while some species are still difficult to induce them to mate.

The above situation can be reduced in the following ways.

Maturity is the premise of mating. Generally speaking, males mature one to two weeks after the last molting, while females need more time. The swollen abdomen of females is a signal that they are ready to lay eggs. In order to reduce the production of unfertilized eggs, it is best to mate after mantis produces one or two egg sheaths. If possible, try to reduce reproduction in the same row, although this often happens. If mantis in the same egg sheath is continuously used for reproduction, after two or four generations, the line will degenerate and the fertilization rate of eggs will be greatly affected.

For those hermaphroditic species, successfully protecting the male mantis is the key to mating. A few days before mating, move the female to a larger feeding space to familiarize her with the environment and avoid the tension during mating. Putting food into mating space can effectively distract females from males. Once mating is completed, remove the male as soon as possible, and if there is no mating within 24 hours, remove the male.

After mating, it is necessary to choose a suitable spawning site for females. For most species, they will lay their eggs on the wall or top of the container, while for other species, they will choose twigs or leaves at the bottom to lay their eggs. Therefore, when you are not familiar with the spawning habits, you can provide females with a variety of choices.

After laying eggs, the female worm can be taken out, or the egg sheath can be taken out after hardening, and then stuck to the wall of other containers or twigs. The storage environment of oocysts is basically the same as that of adults, and appropriate temperature and humidity should be maintained. Generally speaking, egg sheaths hatch within 3 to 8 weeks, and most species hatch within 4 to 6 weeks.

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It is estimated that it is better to feed the female mantis first and then mate. If we don't eat our husbands, we will feel at ease for the following reasons.

1984, two scientists, E.Liske and W.J.Davis, also observed mantis mating in the laboratory. However, some improvements were made: they fed the mantis in advance and dimmed the lights to let the mantis enjoy it. People don't watch it, they record it with a camera. The result was unexpected: in thirty copulations, none of them ate each other. Instead, for the first time, they recorded the complex courtship ceremony of Mantis: male and female dancing together, and the whole process was as short as 10 minute and as long as two hours. Risk and Davis believe that one of the reasons why people have frequently observed mantis eating her husband in the laboratory before is that, under direct observation, mantis without "privacy" has no chance to hold courtship ceremony, which can eliminate the malice of female mantis and is a necessary condition for male mantis to mate successfully. Another reason is that the mantis fed in the laboratory is often hungry, and the mother mantis treats her husband as delicious when she is hungry. To prove this, Riske and Davis did a series of experiments in 1987. They found that those female mantises who were in a state of high hunger (they had been hungry for 5 to 1 1 day) jumped on male mantises to grab food, and had no intention of copulation at all. A moderately hungry female mantis will mate, but will try to eat her mate during or after mating. And those females who are not hungry don't want to eat their spouses. It can be seen that the mother mantis's main motive for eating her husband is because of hunger. But in the wild, not all females can eat their bellies, so it is still possible to eat their husbands. 1992, S.E.Lawrence conducted the first large-scale field study on the mating behavior of European mantis in Portugal. About 3 1% of the mating phenomenon of mantis observed by him have eaten their husbands. In the wild, the female mantis may be moderately hungry. Eating the male mantis is really good for the offspring of mantis. A study of 1988 shows that the number of offspring of female mantis who eat their spouses is 20% more than that of those who don't. Risk and Davis also admitted that the phenomenon of European mantis eating husbands may be far more common than other mantis, and they gave mantis a bad name. However, it is obvious that the male mantis was not eaten willingly.

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The so-called vicious, not to mention mantis, even if people are extremely hungry, they will do anything, so remember to feed the girl when mating!

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1. (Most importantly) Some people think that once a mantis copulates, it is forever, which is wrong, so that the oocysts born will not give birth to little mantis (after the second time). You didn't try to hurt mantis!

2. If the big knife mantis is kept indoors for a long time, its eyes will turn black and its vision will decline. At this point, it is too late. Let him see the sun rising slowly in the morning.

Don't make a specimen when mantis is alive. You can observe her abdomen.

[experience sharing]

"I have 100 many China broadsword, all on the screen window. They can go anywhere in the room, but they usually like to stay on the screen window. When they caught all kinds of bugs and put them on the screen window, they were immediately robbed, including big slugs with terrible teeth. They are powerless to fight back. When there is plenty of food, mantis usually doesn't kill each other and eat.

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If you need to replenish water indoors, you can spray the branches in the cage or the body of mantis with a watering can once a day, and don't overdo it; Pay attention to shading outdoors. It is best to hang the cage on flowers or vines. Dew at night can nourish it. The feeding amount can be determined according to the size of food. It usually depends on its abdomen. If it collapses, you can feed it. If mantis is well nourished, it will shed its skin in a week, and some will be a little late. When molting, the color will become lighter (need careful observation), and if you lose interest in food, you will hang upside down. Mantis needs a quiet and dark environment at this time, so don't put bugs in cages. It molts at night or at dawn, and then puts it in a place with proper ventilation and light. After molting, mantis's body is very soft and fragile, so don't disturb it, otherwise it will easily cause limb deformity, and feed it the next day after the shell hardens. In short, try to imitate the natural environment.

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"Generally speaking, mantis will die within 3 days."

I am speechless. My tl has a record of being hungry for 9 days, which is still very good. As long as you are not starving to death, the more hungry you are, the more aggressive you are.

If you don't eat for a week, 1~3 years old will be unbearable. When you are old, there is no pressure.

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Writing this article is mainly based on various questions raised by novices.

If you meet a mantis, don't rush to catch it. You should first ask yourself if you have the conditions to feed it. If not, let him live. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Of course, make sure it doesn't hurt. If you think it will hurt you, you have the idea of a knife and wings. I think you should forget it.

The distribution of each mantis is similar: broadsword is generally distributed in bushes and grass, wide belly is often on trees, and thin wings are the most common mantis in Northeast China. Sometimes they are found in the corner.

You can keep hamsters and lizards in boxes and oil drums. It is best to simulate the natural environment, in fact, the best choice is bonsai. Mantis also yearns for freedom. You deprived it of its great freedom. Please give it a little freedom! .

The male mantis has two beards on its tail. The female is a pointed ovipositor. In addition, male mantis is not as strong as female NB. So we mainly eat small flying insects, such as flies, locusts and nymphs. The female mantis can prey on any creature 1.5 times its own size, but only if it is hungry. As long as it is an insect, it is better to be three times its length. After all, no one wants to be himself.

Basic food: 1L aphids, fruit flies, 2L and 1L.3L can prey on flies, 4L small crickets. Crickets are used for 5-8L. Feeding Tenebrio molitor (generally available in flower and bird markets) to ORTHOPTERA insects is the most nutritious, but it also has the risk of iron nematodes (I have never seen it). The weather by the river is not absolutely sunny. 9L (male 8L)

When you are about to molt, your eyes will not be dark at night, your chest (usually your neck) will become soft, your mobility will be weakened, and your body will become pale. Don't touch it at this time, because a little injury may make mantis lose its molting (the failure rate of eclosion is higher).

The way to drive iron nematodes is to soak one third of mantis abdomen with water.

Mating of mantis: Male mantis can mate when it is dry. So all male mantis adults have mating ability. It takes a month for the female mantis to emerge. At this time, it is usually around the Mid-Autumn Festival. The mother mantis lays eggs. This shows that she has mating ability. In this case, the husband may not be big. If the male mantis can't find his wife, he can put it on the female mantis artificially.

Oviposition: You can lay eggs 2-3 days after sexual maturity. If it is mentioned that mating is 23 days in China and wide abdomen is 18 days, the precursor of spawning is loss of appetite. Don't throw it away. You will lose hundreds of mantis.

Incubation: Indoor incubation usually lasts for 3 months. If you want to see the little TL, you can put it indoors (provided there is enough feed), otherwise you can put it on the balcony or outdoors ... Otherwise, you can't get over it ... Nature (outdoors) usually hatches a little TL in May and June. One suggestion is enough. Others are released from nature and returned to nature.

In short, if you want to raise it, you must respect it. I hope that an alien killer like mantis can increase the population.

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