sufistic Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Hi guys, I've managed to acquire a couple of P. nivea nymphs and I've been trying to search for a proper and detailed caresheet on the Internet. Can't find one though. I'm pretty sure the experts here can help me out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sufistic Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Mine like most any fruit. They will also eat carrots and dog food if they are hungry. Warm temperatures reproduces them more quickly. Mine do well above 75F. They like to burrow and hide during the day. A loose, chunky substrate is good for the nymphs. The adults may prefer to hide under a piece of egg carton. After a few days the egg carton is partly buried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sufistic Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Mine like most any fruit. They will also eat carrots and dog food if they are hungry. Warm temperatures reproduces them more quickly. Mine do well above 75F. They like to burrow and hide during the day. A loose, chunky substrate is good for the nymphs. The adults may prefer to hide under a piece of egg carton. After a few days the egg carton is partly buried. Thanks Peter. Right now all I'm wondering is how to transfer them to my mantids when the colony has grown. They're pretty fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BABUlll Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Yeah, that sounds about right. We also give ours starch like potatoes as well as ground up puppy chow. As for transferring them, the adults do fly and once out ... good luck catching them. But you may try putting them in the frig for a little while to slow them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Clausen Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I only feed adults of this species to mantises. I use a pair of long, pointed tweezers and grab the P. nivea by tip of their wings or sometimes a leg. Usually the mantises will take them from the tweezers. My mantises are mostly kept in individual vials or small containers. The nivea are active enough that the mantises eventually catch them. Nymphs are too small and difficult to catch to bother with. P. nivea is really just an occasional "treat" for my mantises. I mostly keep them because..."green roaches are cool, man"! Hey, let's see those P. nivea in your signature line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-Spawn Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Romaine lettuce and apples. Also will eat banana. Have yet to see them touch meat. And yes, loose, but slightly damp substrate is essential so they can burrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dEsSiCaTa_UK Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 What should the substrate be made of? I have plenty of rotting wood and leaf mulch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I have plenty of rotting wood and leaf mulch They will like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dEsSiCaTa_UK Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thanks, what about substrate depth? Plus do they like more leaves or more wood in their substrate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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