Mantis Care Quiz
How do you check your enclosure temperature?
With your fingers
With a thermometer+thermostat
By the way the mantis is acting
By the way it looks
When should you heat your enclosure?
If you live in a climate which is colder than the mantises required temperature
When your mantis is acting slow
When your cage is made of glass
When you have really strong air conditioning
How should you heat your cage?
With a furnace
Keep it in the sun
With a heat lamp or pad made specifically for bugs/creatures
With a blanket or thick screened enclosure
If your mantis requires high humidity how should you maintain this?
With one inch of dirt and keep it in your bathroom whenever you shower
With 2-3 inches of substrate and mist it 1-3 times daily depending on the species
Keep a large water bowl in the enclosure
Keep the enclosure in the most humid part of your home
What is the rule for how large your mantis cage should be?
2x the height and width of the mantis
3x the height and width of your mantis or larger
2x the height and 5x the width and no bigger
As big as the mantis
What should your feed your mantis
Any insect it can overcome
Flying insects mostly but occasional crickets and small dubias
Crickets
Honey
What’s a good occasional treat for your mantis?
Some melon & soft fruits (depending on the species)
Some local raw honey
Both the above
If your mantis loses a leg what should you do?
Keep its food and recourses near to it. Spray it lightly until it moly’s and grows back the leg
Try to put the leg back on
Put the mantis on its back
Give the mantis a water bowl
If your mantis is stuck in its molt what should you do?
Give it lots of honey
Make sure the cage is humid and mist it lightly. Don’t mess with the mantis during its delicate process
Use tweezers to pull its molt off
Take then mantis and lay it on its back
If your mantis fell from molt what should you do?
Put them on their back
Put them on a cup of wet substrate
Try to gently hang them back up by their back feet
Give them honey
If your mantis is dying what should you do?
You should leave it be
You should try and to keep it alive with water and food
You should put it in isolation
You should euthanize it to end its suffering.
How do you euthanize your suffering mantis?
Place it in the freezer
Stick a needle through it’s head
Use scissors to remove its head
All the above are painless
Does this quiz apply to every mantis?
Yes this quiz is basically a care sheet
This quiz applies to all mantises
No this quiz is not a care sheet and isn’t exact to every mantis, and every mantis has different and unique care and should be researched and cared for differently depending on its species
How long will you’re mantis live
3 years
2-4 weeks
1-4 months
5-10 months
How do you know when your mantis is an adult?
It will have its wings
It will be really big
It will turn pink or green
It will loose its left back leg
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