Setup Orchid Mantis Enclosure

Praying mantis don t require a complex set up.

Setup orchid mantis enclosure. The orchid mantis hymenopus coronatus should be kept in an enclosure that is at least 3 times as tall as the mantis is long and at least 2 times as wide as the mantis is long. Alternatively paper kitchen towel works well and is my preferred choice. A range of different substrates may be used for orchid mantis. Adult mantis can be kept successfully in small fish tanks made of glass or plastic.

The manits terrarium should be at least 200mm in length and 300mm in height. Other enclosures such as wooden vivariums are far too efficient at retaining heat. As amny of you guys know i got an orchid mantis at the reptile expo that i went to a few weeks back. Alternatively plastic sweet jars can make suitable cages.

It does a. Cages for praying mantis the first piece of equipment that you re going to need to purchase is some form of cage or vivarium in which to keep your pet mantis. Indeed there are really only two aspects that the orchid mantis rearer needs to consider. The gender of your mantis is a very important consideration when deciding on what size enclosure to purchase.

In my video today i show you guys how i set up his enclosure. Orchid mantis do well with a glass terrarium as their enclosure.