"How-to" build a praying mantis terrarium (house/cage)
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- From the "How-to" video series at www.BugzUK.com, presented by Jungle Jess.
This is a terrarium set-up for species such as Hierodula sp. or Sphrodomantis sp. (www.bugzuk.com/...)
A MonkeyLion Production.
Filmed and edited by Daniel Castell.
When I was in sixth grade I was in gardening class and I heard a girl scream... she was pruning a rosemary busy and she found a four inch brown praying mantis... I had a (clean) Starbucks bento cup to catch beetles with for my lizard. (I had enough food at home but wanted to give him a challenge) I raced over, picked up the mantis gently, put it in the cup and ran to my classroom. My science teacher was a weirdo and had a koi pond with turtles in the class. I gave him the cup and then he set up a simple terrarium and spritzed it. Beyoncé (the mantis) lived for the next month in our class then we let her go back into the garden. We all got to hold her and feed her fruit flies and crickets. I'm turning thirteen in four months and I'm asking for an orchid mantis. I'm really excited! Thanks for this video it was super helpful!!
3llie n0rdquist Im kinda late but happy birthday and did you end up getting the orchid?
Totally did not happen
Too much detail how could you remember all of that?!
Dogenator Hhy There really wasn't any outlandish detail that would be hard to remember. You having a terrible memory doesn't mean everyone else does. Multiple similar things like this has happened to me through out my life, at 23 now, that I remember in detail. The youngest being in kindergarten.
Killer Bean Army it was probably something to remember.
now that lid has ABSOLUTELY NO GRIP at all for the mantis and any experienced mantis keeper would know use a high grip lid as the mantis prefers to be here more than anywhere else
very true☺
mantisman230 yup
I was thinking that through out the whole entire video
Yes, they also hang up there to molt and lay their eggs. Very important. You could line it with a fine mesh, and that would do nicely.
That and she said it was an adult. It doesn’t need to freaking molt anymore! She clearly hasn’t been a praying mantis keeper before.
I was checking this to make sure I'm not missing anything since I've been keeping a stick mantis since it was a nymph. It's almost 2 months old now and about 4cm! So fun watching her grow! She did have a mishap today where I found her her leg detached and stuck to a twig. Nooo! It may have been a shedding mishap so I now have a spray bottle to keep the moisture levels up. I hope her leg still has a chance to grow back because she's been doing so well and she's such a fun pet!
Hi :) This video shows you how to set up the terrarium. We will shortly be posting another which explains general care, feeding etc. You can also find all that information on the website (see description). As a first time mantis I would recommend something like a Creobroter, Sphrodomantis or Hierodula. Guides to breeding and care can be found on their species pages on the website (link to hierodula in description above). Thanks for watching!
Jess
i always put them in the oven or microwave to make sure the sticks or rocks dont have any mites that could harm my pet.
funny thing. most small species L1 mantids eat those.
Beat me to this comment. 👍
I put it in the microwave
My mantis got burned and died
@spigel There's no better way to replicate that hot/humid climate!
Serious question: Why a heat mat?
In my opinion it is not good for mantis.
I use a halogen spot. It is light source and heater in a single unit which imitates the sun perfectly.
Using a heat mat makes it impossible for the animal to climb down seeking a place to cool off.
It is fine for the mantis if you are going to be leaving and having the heater in your house off but if it’s on for too long than it can harm the mantis or even kill it. If you live in a hot place or have a garage that gets warm I’d say you should put it outside and if not put it in the hot garage
Actually, for an adult praying mantis there is no problem for molting because, well, it is an adult. And they do not moult anymore
Just ordered my first mantis. Excited! They're pretty cool.
Sooo, sticks and dirt? Got it.
Lol
ROFL! Also, you forgot the spray thing, whatever it was
its special imported water
BootlegCody CC and fake plants
I love ur Mantis it's Sooo cute tnx this helps me a lot 😊😊😊😊😊
it was my first time keeping a mantis, so i searched how to take care of it, and this helps me a lot.. thanks ^^
I found a tiny 1inch long Mantid a few months ago.It has gone through 3 molts and is a very large and fat female(she never passes up food)lol.Today I found a large Male mantid.Going to breed them later today.I WISH my wife had an interest in insects and the like.Take care from Pennsylvania USA
Did your mantis eat the other one ?
Omg it's so adorable LOL!! When you first brought it out it was soooo cute LOL!!
You forgot a plant that has the same color as the mantis
Thats not always necessary
@@leonard4462 yes it is
@@Andre-id2of you can do it if you want but it‘s not really neccessary.
Recently orders an l4 mantis and it molten on the first day and lost half a leg. The next day another seem damaged and she/he won't use it. I'm guess it will heal in the next molt but I'm scared because it won't eat when I offer food and I hope it eats when I leave the crickets and house flies overnight. Any advice ?
I have advice, sorry I’m late but if that happens again did you try to feed her 2 weeks after she molted because they normally don’t have the urge to eat until 2 weeks after shedding, and also don’t leave any food they aren’t eating over night in their cage because when molting or fresh out of molting that can bother them and potentially kill them, if it’s crickets they may eat the praying mantis too. And if they don’t use one of their legs that’s most likely because they didn’t finish molting and in the next molt they will grow it back.
I read that if the terrarium isn't humid enough, they can lose limbs during the molting process.
Couple years ago I found a praying mantis in my yard. I had this 10w x 12h x 20l (inches) aquarium so I filled it up with dirt from my yard like and put little weeds in it. It was a hotbox in there the first time I checked it so, I removed some dirt and plants. I put worms in the dirt and found insects around my yard to feed the mantis. It grew so huge it was insane. like 5 or 6 inches. End of story I fixed up the terrarium to be less ambient, just a layer of rocks and a few twigs. I found that the twigs had a strange thin orange growth like fungus on it. Then soon after the mantis had it on its leg. So I put him outside.. lol. I was so mad that after all that work he got a fungus on his leg.
So mad after all that work? You were mad that you couldn't look after it, so fungus spread to it? Yeah. Must have been a lot of work.
Thx for making this vid I had no clue what to put on the cage floor for the mantis. XD
I found a injured baby praying mantis in my back yard today and took it in to save its life. This was about two years ago and we have this crazy strong bond together. Is that normal? Also my friends want me to put parry (its name) in a bug fighting tournament with common house hold spiders. I know for a fact that it'll win but would it still be a risk?
No artificial leaves, no mesh which is an important part of the setup, and no thermostat to control the temperature of the heat mat... not a brilliant setup tutorial.
Jodie C Yeah, good video but poor set-up :/
Lol you are obviously a noob in this hobby, mesh isnt needed, and neither is a thermostat, you buy heatmats at specific wattages, you just choose the necessary one...and really? Artificial leaves? That's certainly not necessary for them, itll only be decoration for thr viewer.
Shazzkid You sound a lot more like a noob here. Mesh is absolutely important. Unless you plan on disturbing your mantis constantly to clean out their enclosure and put in new substrate. It is completely irresponsible and careless to not have a thermometer of some sort in the enclosure. The only thing you were right about were the fake plants being for the owners viewing pleasure. Because fake plants do nothing for the mantis or their environment, and they're also at risk of harming them occasionally. REAL plants, are what is needed. In every enclosure. For pretty much everything kept in terrariums/vivariums etc. Which is yet another reason why mesh is needed.
@Catherine Mendel It was probably in Celcius
@Catherine Mendel I know I'm late but a thermometer and a thermostat are very different.
How is a life of a mantis boring?? thats the most badass insect to have ever existed, it can catch prey 10 times its weight like a humming bird and can still hang with all that weight. also its fighting style is just plain awesome
I love your accent
Reminds me of Hermione
This video made me get him a bigger tank so today we are going to the pet store to get him some stuff
cory?
Thanks for sharing this. We just found a Chinese mantis and are trying to make home for her!
The Mr. Rogers entrance was cool!
Hi! Glad you liked the video. You can buy them on the website (BugzUK.com) under non-livestock - cages. It's called the Capri vivarium :). Hope that helps!
I got my praying mantis a day a go from bugz uk it arrived in great health and condition!
is there any chance that you have a glass mantis on sale?
The second time I watched this, I was actually looking at the Mantis.
So there's actually a mantis in this video? I've watched 10 times and not seen it yet.
Where did u get that cage?
Am I really expected to believe that is a glass cage? It looks very acrylic to me. And, if it IS acryclic (plexiglass), you should absolutely NOT be using a heat mat, which can melt the material.
Oh, and I think the cage needs more green too.
Sorry, you are correct. It wouldn't melt. It would "soften" and be subject to warping.
Also, not only do most heat mats have no thermostat, but they fluctuate in heat output. I'm also pretty sure they get hotter than 22C.
22C in the vid refers to the reading in the viv, not the mat.
If it is not touching the material, it probably won't do anything, you are right there.
It's obviously plastic. However, what you have to understand is that the term "glass box" is a phrase, in British English, which may not translate very well, to United States English. It's similar to how we still refer to eye-glasses as "glasses", even though the lenses tend to be made of plastic, today.
Yeah! And that bottom looked real plastic like.
What if you got a large tank? Does a mantis need to grow in a small terrarium then placed into a larger one as it grows. Only thing I’d say is maybe it’s easier to catch food?
Awesome job. Great camera work from your boyfriend.
I just found a baby wild green praying mantis, here in NY long island.
I just built a small one from a gallon container of empty ice tea plastic jug.
But every time I put anything in a little guys always at the top wanting to escape?
I put in an inch of water on the bottom rose petals / leaves and branches it looks like a lot of little tiny mites were on the rose bushes is that good for them or bad
um is it okay for me to put dirt for the bottom or is it bad?
because i dont have any substait
can you use sand
Aren’t you supposed to have a net on top for the mantis to shed down ?
When I put the eco earth in my critter keeper, it creates a lot of condensation at the bottom of the enclosure.
could you post a link to that exact cage please? Thanks.
*the one showed in the exact video
Nice video, but unstatted heat mats are bad.
If the plastic of the tank rests on the heatmat it can easily melt the bottom of the tank. I know this one is raised up, but every heat source should be on a thermostat just in case.
Thanks for the advice I have a baby praying mantis it's a boy and I named him manty short for mantis...lol I have had him for 4 days so today is the 4th day!we found him in the wild and it was on my moms shoulder some how then she let me keep it
I've just bought terrarium that's glass 30x30 cm so what is the ideal sized heat mat to use?
Will they eat spiders? And will they eat random bugs that you could catch outside?
What size enclosure would you recommend for a full Grown Chinese Mantis?
Hi!
Thanks for the video.
It does not need light?
+Mestre dos Magos
no, just keep temperature at 20-22 degrees celcius
Will be uploading some more videos soon :)
You really need a thermostat plugged into the heat mat as they can spike to 40c + very easily, also I prefer using digital thermal/hydrometers as them ones are pretty rubbish to be honest.. also a IR temperature gun can be a lot of help and much more efficient :)
Love girls who have a hobby or interest of some sort. Especially, more "weird" hobbies. Hate when you ask a girl if she has any interests and she says "shopping" or "going to the movies" or "going to the beach". FML.
idk I tell those hobbies listed above so boys will leave me alone lololol
Jimmy Lai I'm female and I LOVE mantises and walking sticks!
Jimmy Lai I've had two praying Mantis two years in a row I have some video of mine on my channel great pets/ hobbies there brutal!
Jimmy Lai well girls don't have hobbies for boys to like them or not. Its not up to you Jimmy
he is saying he likes girls with hobbies not that girls should have hobbies for boys he is saying girls should have hobbies for themselves and he likes that
So i have a female mantis living in my garden and i live in Maine. I'm worried that with the temps getting cooler at night that she might die before laying her eggs. I'm also worried that if i bring her inside that the stress will be so much that she won't lay her eggs either! She's not the friendliest mantis we've had in our yard this summer. She Seems shy and jumpy. Any suggestions? I've been feeding her flys today and yes she's loving the food, just not the attention.... Hoping someone has some insight
where did you get this terrarium from? i want it xx
Are same-colored plants required? Real or plastic?
Hi where can i find the thermometer and hydrometer? Can you send a link to purchase the proper one?
Beautiful and scary animal! Does it not bite?
Hi iv just got a Panther mantis seudoxyops perpulchra / Peruvian leaf mantis so can anyone tell me anything about them? Do there need a heat mat?
can I put it in a like a clear box?? does it have to have a top??
Is a 10 gallon long with a mesh screen ok for 1 mantis
hey uumm about the heat humid thing i found my mantis today and its not humid where i live i live in tacoma and well its wet and not warm... soooooo????? help also my mantis is injured i have to feed him by hand
I bet they would appreciate a bigger cage. I didn't know that they were going to get so big ! 🙂
I would love to have seen her reaction for a few minutes, even a little time lapse, to show the mantis coming out of its shell. Many don't realize the importance of a good hobitation!
What is that container called? I think I might need one.
Great to hear!
thx so much! this was a big help for me
My mantis doesn't give a sunshine about all the sticks I gave her. Always hanging/moulting on the lid.
That tarantula's color is beautiful too! What type is it?
would small stones, like that in a fish tank be ok?
Does anyone know the name of this terrarium? It’s so cute and pink... I need it!💕
btw for beginners: the right size is important but you dont want to go to big either as mantis dont hunt activly they tend to wait for an opportunity which means if what ever you are feeding wanders near them they have a snack also they keep eating even after they had enough so overfeeding is a possibility now if you have a habitat that is to big there is a smaller chance of the prey actualy going near the mantis so you have to put in more of the food which means you either have to fish out the excess after the mantis ate which can be a pain in the ass or you risk over feeding thats why you need to consider the size of the habitat
for example for smaller mantis a mason jar is all you need which gives them enough space but is also small enough so you can basicaly guarantee that its gonna catch what you put in their as food and thus you dont have anything to clean realy. if you want to you can do it once a week or so and that is fine and most species can be trained to walk on your hand and you can even watch tv with them without them trying to get away so they have more then enough space that way (but ofc you still need to have the minimum requirements for size: triple the size of the mantis in heigth and about double the size in width is more then enough)
Im getting a Giant Asian Mantis. Theyre actually very active hunters comparatively, so Im thinking a larger terarrium.
That's really cool.
Awesome video!!
Where did you get the cage
0:00 a legend was born
You might want to glue some screening on the sides of the plastic container.
I'm excited for him
Hi! Mantis make minimal frass (poo), so that is not too much of a concern and shouldn't require frequent changing. If your mantis is dropping lots of uneaten prey then this may rot at the bottom of the cage and should be removed. If you are using banana to feed fruit flies (for example if the mantis are very small) then the substrate would need changing more frequently. Otherwise you shouldn't need to change it too much. Hope that helps!
Where can I buy that terrarium from?
Hey, what do you think about Mantis eating Leeches? I have some left over from a fishing trip, and I just built a very bio reflective terrarium with perfect humidity, shade, and temperature settings. I would say mine is not yet 3 months old, but I want to feed it a leech. Any comments?
Can I use dirt?
i love mantises especially african giant mantises. thank you for the awesome advice
Is 8x8x12 inches tall suitable? Please reply
is this ok for ghost mantids?
I found a nymph on my tire, he must have been quite new, very tiny. I live in Pahrump NV USA where it is very hot, looked up what type he might be, Desert Mantis. Anyways, habitat made of his natural environment, fed him tiny ants and other tiny critters he would normally eat. He has since molted 4 times, grew into new habitat lots to climb on, graduated to larger ants (pincers at mouth), little moths, spiders etc. Doing nicely. This last molt he popped out with full wings but ... must have gotten trapped then freed himself but discombobulated with thorax (or is it called shield?) bent dramatically. I've been quite worried but he didn't give up so I haven't either. Gave him time to adjust, rest with misting to keep him hydrated, took out unnecessary bits from his habitat so he could roam easier. Tried one tiny ant, he watched it but he can't grab to eat. He did nibble a tiny piece of water soaked coconut, tiny bit of water soaked apple so I figured ok he's hungry he will eat and survive that ordeal. I got a small roach I guess it was, bonked it on the head so it weren't so frisky, held him with tweezers and my Mantis (Dude) gobbled him up. I've read once they get wings they are adult and no longer molt, is that correct? Anyone? Will continue to feed him, but also give him the opportunity to try hunting on his own. I'm not sure he will ever be able to again, but will let him show me he can or, can't. Great video - thank you!
how manny praying mantises do u have
Who gave aquamarine a RUclips channel?
My golly, this video is old, but i'm glad i came accross it. This is the best video for beginners, not most videos that tells you to use stupid jars! I love it and I agree when you said , "If you're gonna have a pet, it's important to give it the best conditions that you can." (2:23). This should always be the case! Otherwise, don't own one, you cheapskate! One side note though, don't put too much branches, it's important as well to have as much as open space, so as not to stress the mantis. Also important, the terrarium should be made of glass! Great video, lots of tips and insights, and no stupid jars! Kudos! (^_^)
Where can I get coconut husk?
Could u use dirt please reply
Your mantis is so beautiful! What ?kind is it
How long do they live
9:13
Dancing mantis
Can I use an egg cup?
Hello! I'd gladly appreciate if you respond as soon as you can, but where did you get you're mantis? And do you know any safe/healthy/good websites to get a nymph myself? I've been very interested in these cute buds, and really want one. I've done my research, but I have know clue where I can get one! Thanks!
In US may I add
for which mantis?
Where can you buy these?
Would this work for Asian mantis
great vid , keep us posted on your pet mantis!
Hey why dont you make stick insect tank tutotrial
It's not that important what you use as the substrate (bottom layer) as the mantis will spend most of its time on the branches. The most important thing is that you keep the terrarium humid by spraying it with water and remove any dead material from the bottom of the terrarium if your mantis does not eat it. Hope that helps!
Great video, however after setting up my mantid enclosure, complete with an Imagitarium (brand) thermometer, one of my babies got stuck to a tiny section of exposed tape/glue on the backside. This never even crossed my radar. It was so meniscal, it was practically undetectable. Just a warning to baby mantid parents. Be vigilant, and extra cautious. I plan to contact this brand to make them aware of this design flaw. I think this could have been avoided if the space behind the thermometer hadn't been so open bc the baby crawled into the space behind it and his head got stuck to the edge where the tinest bit of glue was exposed.
hey thanks for vid, really helpful. I got my first mantis last xmas (a griffin female) and have been hooked since! i now have four types, a flower, dead leaf and congo green. Although i bought a book with the griffin it didn't really help with the basics. Although i now think i am just at a place where i feel comfortable all the information helps, especially anything on molting if you can? MORE VIDEOS PLEASE!!!! your a star thanks harry
Hi. My new praying mantis always climbs up to the top (fully grown adult, with wings).
And the food is always at the bottom. I don't have substrate, but there are plenty of twigs in there. But it never climbs the twigs, only the sides of and lid of the terrarium. So what do I do?
U should always wet the sides
Or the twigs are small or big enough to climb or you have a bad and small cage?
i have a decent sized cage cos mine is a small species of mantis, about 6cm in length.
It just likes to go to the ceiling. I transferred it to another cage and it still goes to the ceiling.
Your mantis is so gorgeous 😍😍😍😊😊😊😊 OMG I want her
Hi Jess, We just had our first Mantis hatching. Thank you for your guide. How long is the substrate soil good for until you throw it out. I read that they are so messy it has to be done frequently. Did not notice a video yet on your website. These little guys are really cool.