MantisOnline.de - Chondrosthetus woodfordi

Lightning

Source

not required

Period

ca. 12 hours

Temperature

All data for the temperature are guide values.

In a big cage the temperature should be from the minimum to the maximum temperature, so that the mantis can choose the best temperature. But the maximum temperature should only be reached on a small spot.
In smaller cages should the middle between the max. and the min. temperatures be choosed.

Please also take a look at General

Day

18°C- 25°C

Night

15°C- 20°C

Humidity

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Day

70%- 80%

Night

70%- 90%

Hint

spray every evening

Terrarium

The indication of the cagesize is L x S x H (lenght x spreads x height).

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Single-Keeping

not required

Community-Keeping

at least 25cm x 25cm x 30cm (ca. 4 couples)

Setup

forage crops are enough

Substrate

sand, earth, earth-sand-mixture, damp pulp

Foodplants

fern, whitethorn, leaves of rose, raspberry, blackberry

Co- housing

Oreophoetes peruana

Hint

When in winter plants of hardware/ garden stores are used, the ferns are often sprayed with pesticides. Thus the leaves have to be cut completely and just the regrwoed leaves can be used as food. Otherwise the animals can die because of the chemicals.