I brought home a mantis egg in autumn, and now it's hatched! A group of 1cm mantis came out. What are they eating now? I can't bear to abandon him! !

Mantis is a terrestrial predator (carnivorous), and all species of insects can be preyed by mantis, especially the eggs, larvae, naked pupae and adults of flies, mosquitoes, moths and butterflies are suitable prey. Even large insects like cicadas and migratory locusts are their prey.

Mantis is a carnivorous insect, preys on all kinds of insects and small animals, and can kill many pests in fields and forest areas, so it is a beneficial insect. Cruel and aggressive by nature, food shortage often leads to the phenomenon of big swallowing and female eating male. Individual species distributed in South America and Southeast Asia sometimes attack small animals such as birds, lizards or frogs.

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The life span of mantis is generally one generation per year, and the life span of a mantis is about six to eight months. Even without a head, mantis can still live for about ten days. The female mantis lays eggs in a special way, neither underground nor in plant stems, but on the surface of branches.

Two days after mating, females usually face down, first discharging foamy substances from the abdomen, and then laying eggs on them in turn. The foam-like substance solidifies rapidly, forming a hard egg sheath. Eggs are laid in egg sheaths, and there are 20-40 eggs per 1 egg sheath, arranged in 2-4 rows, and each female can produce 4-5 egg sheaths. In the early summer of the following year, hundreds of nymphs hatched from the egg sheath. The nymph molts several times and develops into an adult, which is an incomplete metamorphosis.