Upgraded Mantis Housing

I made some larger and more woodsy homes for my mantids (albeit with fake leaves so they won’t rot), plus it gives more height and stuff to hang from which they apparently need for molting.

At this point I’m feeding them small fruit flies, which are flightless but can still climb up the sides of containers so I vented the lids in a way that keeps the flies from getting out.

Meanwhile I’ve hatched four oothecae over the past few weeks and spread them around my flower beds, so their surviving siblings are patrolling the plants outside.