Posted by jd b puller on February 22, 2009 at 17:17:40 from (24.225.91.229):
In Reply to: OT - Fruit Flies NEEDED posted by jd b puller on February 21, 2009 at 18:13:14:
So this saga came to an end today...
Glennster, thanks for the tip about Petco, all I found were mail order places... Wife went to Durham (45 minutes away) to the Petco to get fruitflies. She got home, we opened up the jar and all but one of the 500 were dead... Yipee...
Called the store and explained what happened. They said no problem bring them back in we have more... Get back up there, and they have scrapped out all the fruitflies. They were all dead. "sorry, they're all dead"... Here's your money back.
Went to another Petco a few miles away. Got a jar of them. These were actually alive...
PUt them in the container with the manids and next thing you know there's fruitflies crawling on the table (they are small enough get get out of the container that has the mantids in it...
Grabbed some of the wife's panty hose and made a "seal" across the top. I've seen a couple of the critters grab a fly, but then he didn't know what to do with it and let it go.
I put about 20-30 flies and mantids in each container. Figure I'll let nature work it's magic for a few days. Should be a few less critters in there in a couple days. Strongest survive. Hoping to be able to release them when they get bigger and it gets warmer. Put the other 5 eggcases in the fridge.
Gal at Petco told me that mantis females and "hold the male seed" for quite a while, so there's a good chance that all 7 cases are good. About 25 in each.
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