The mantis is fed once every 3~4 days. Usually, it can be fed with some feeds with high protein content, such as vegetable worms and mealworms. Pay attention to whether the food is clean when feeding, otherwise it is easy for bacteria to breed and infect parasites. Praying mantises are carnivorous animals, and it is not recommended to keep them in groups, because they are very aggressive and avoid the phenomenon of the strong eating the weak.
Mantises can be fed once every 3~4 days
Mantises can be fed once every 3~4 days. Don’t feed too much while feeding, or you may suffer from indigestion. It is not interested in vegetables, and can usually feed some aphids, vegetable worms, mealworms, rice worms, etc. These foods contain a lot of protein, which can supplement the nutrients your body needs.
Try to avoid feeding sick or dead insects, because it may contain a large number of parasites, and it is likely to be infected by parasites after eating, and the lower abdomen will swell , loss of appetite and other symptoms. The mantis can be thrown into cold water to repel the parasites, so that the parasites are removed from the abdomen.
Mantises like to perch on plants. When feeding, they can plant some green plants in the feeding environment, which can purify the air and reduce the breeding of bacteria. It is not recommended to feed multiple mantises together, because it is aggressive and females will use insects smaller than themselves as prey, including males.
