Number of posts : 1827 Age : 30 Location : St leonards... ENGLAND Registration date : 2008-04-11
Subject: mixing nearly similar critters 4/25/2008, 6:39 pm
im not sure this is in the right place so feel free to move it if im in the wrong place. 2 questions: 1. can i keep african praying mantids with indian stick insects without them getting munched? and are the living conditions the same because stick insects can survive in my bedroom so they should survive in wierd conditions.
2. can i keep locusts, roaches and crickets in a community?
scorpion111 Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455 Age : 29 Location : scotland Registration date : 2008-04-07
Subject: Re: mixing nearly similar critters 4/25/2008, 6:42 pm
Q.2 awnser- yes. dunno about the mantid thing though. they might attack each other.
Venom Centruroides suffusus
Number of posts : 2834 Age : 2020 Location : Chicago Registration date : 2008-02-05
Subject: Re: mixing nearly similar critters 4/25/2008, 9:32 pm
Mantids eat each other, I doubt they will be hostile to any other animal.
Andrew273 Tityus
Number of posts : 503 Age : 34 Location : Colorado Registration date : 2008-02-06
Subject: Re: mixing nearly similar critters 4/25/2008, 9:44 pm
Mantids and anything else - No Crickets will eat anything including baby roaches, locusts I think are purely herbivores but I could be wrong.
Mr. Mordax Administrator
Number of posts : 7743 Age : 38 Location : PNW Registration date : 2008-02-06
Subject: Re: mixing nearly similar critters 4/25/2008, 10:33 pm
I think neither will work -- mantids aren't just cannibalistic, they're general predators.
As stated, a cricket will eat anything if it's recently molted. I'm not even sure locusts require the same conditions.
