Pray Mantis Food?

Question

I got a pray mantis and some small crickets only cause the pray mantis is barely moving. Its completely white so I dont know if its shedding or what. I put six SMALL crickets in a 10gal tank with the pray mantis. The pray mantis is pretty big. Its as big as my pointer finger so I should probably feed it large crickets right?

Answer 1

Crickets are the way to go!  If its white it may have just molted, in which case, get the crickets out of its tank, they will munch on the mantid.  If it colours up in a day or so, give it a couple more days, then toss in crickets again.  This will give it time for all the body parts to harden up.