3 Freshly Harvested LIVE Carolina Praying Mantis Egg Cases Ooth Eat Lantern Fly

Description

Each extra-large Carolina Praying Mantis Egg Case from USMantis contains
50-200+ baby Carolina Praying Mantids (Stagmomantis carolina), just
waiting to hatch out! USMantis sends you fertile egg case ! Carolina
Praying Mantids are an ideal way to control insect pests in the garden
without the use of harmful chemicals - a single praying mantis will eat
hundreds of insects per season. Praying mantids can are also easy to
keep as pets.
The Carolina Praying Mantis is a medium to large mantis
reaching 50-65mm in length. Adult males have full size and fully
functional wings. The adult females have wings that are ¾ the length of
the body and are not functional. The color of the adults varies by
individual from brown to yellow-green.
Grab the USMantis Mantis Rearing Kit for all the supplies you need to hatch and raise these little critters!
Typically,
praying mantis egg cases will hatch within 3-10 weeks. If you wish to
delay hatching, simply keep the egg case in a refrigerator in a
non-airtight container, then remove it 1-2 months before you want it to
hatch. Please keep in mind that a very low percentage of praying mantis
egg cases may be infertile -
Most customers wish to introduce
beneficial praying mantids into their gardens or yards for pest control.
If this is the case, simply attach the egg case (also known as an
ootheca) to a protected, stable surface with the 'gills' oriented facing
downward. The egg case can be attached using a zip tie or some twine. A
good example of this would be attaching the egg case to a tomato plant
cage or fence. Alternatively, the egg case can be hatched indoors, and
the baby mantids released into your yard after they hatch.
If you
wish to keep some praying mantids as pets, USMantis recommends setting
the egg case up to hatch indoors. Many times, the praying mantids may
hatch and leave the egg case in less than 24 hours - it's easy to miss
them! Using a 32oz insect cup with vented lid, we make 2 slits in the
lid and run a zip tie through it, using it to secure the egg case to the
lid, so that the 'gills' are facing downward. In the bottom of the cup,
we place a couple layers of paper towel. Every few days, add a bit of
water to the paper towel to keep it moist and raise the humidity in the
insect cup. Expect the egg case to hatch in 3-10 weeks. You
must have temperature 75-80F and humidity 50%. We cannot guarantee ooths
to hatch though we do know they are fertile when shipped
Once
the praying mantids hatch, offer food within 24 hours or they may start
eating each other! We recommend releasing the bulk of them outside, and
housing the mantids you wish to raise up individually in 32oz insect
cups with vented lids. Keep a thin layer of paper towel on the bottom,
and provide a few thin sticks or twigs for the praying mantis to climb
and perch on. Spray the cup lightly with water every 1-2 days.
From
hatching on to about 4 weeks of age, the praying mantids will be able to
consume hydei fruit flies, which are very easy to culture with a
USMantis Fruit Fly Culturing Kit. After the mantid outgrows the fruit
flies, feed larger flies like Usmantis blue bottle flies or black
soldier flies. Feed 2-3 flies every few days. If flies are still present
in the Insect Cup at the time of feeding, skip a feeding. Crickets are
also a standard to feed mantids when they are an adult, just make sure
you are feeding them banded crickets and not house crickets so that you
can avoid giving your mantids any diseases or viruses.
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