Praying Mantis nymphs care?

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Arachnoknight
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Caught a bunch today because I saw couple spiders were eating them in my garden and I want to take care of them for awhile. Can anyone tell me how to take care of them, food wise or anything else? They might be a day old or less.

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Gigas

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if they were in your garden i suggest you keep to the same conditions as outside, but spray the side like fake dew, just feed em prey the size of their heads
 

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Sometimes i also get some nymhps from my backyard, fed them with mosquitos

 

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Nice pic.....mine are about the size of a mosquito lol.
 

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I read somewhere that in the wild their main food for the first few days are their siblings.
 

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Keep them humid (watch out for mold) and you'll be OK. They do cannibalize, but they will also take prey a bit bigger than you'd think they'd be able to.
 

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Wingless Fruit Flies, Pinhead crickets, fly maggots also make a very good choice of food for the nymphs.
 
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