2. Feed them with fruit flies, crickets, lice, aphids and other insects. When mantis grows to molt (adult stage): it begins to increase the size of insects; Then in each molting period, feed them normally, but clean up what they don't eat, because they don't eat when molting.
3. Clean up the food residue around the mantis nest. Mantis is untidy, leaving all kinds of fragments including legs and wings, and things that are not easy to chew. Car owners need to clean up these residues frequently. When these fragments accumulate too much, mantis will feel uncomfortable and can't adapt to the artificial living environment well.
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Imitation behavior:
1. Imitate a flower. There is a kind of mantis in the tropics. Its front legs are petal-shaped and its body color is purple and white. It is hidden in the leaves and looks like a purple-white orchid at first glance. There is a kind of flower mantis in Malaysia, which is pink and looks like a blooming flower. It attracts butterflies to collect honey and is fooled.
2. Imitate into leaves. Other mantis grow leaves and protrusions on the chest, abdomen, tibiofibular joints and lying position, imitating leaves, branches and tree scars to confuse insects.
3. Imitate into water drops. There is a kind of mantis in tropical desert area. Its body is green, and its head has a flat protrusion, which is smooth and bright. It curled up in the grass. In the sun, the protrusion on its head is like a drop of crystal dew, attracting insects from arid areas to get water and being arrested.