Strange tan balls in ghost mantis enclosure

[Ratmosphere]

Came home from work yesterday and noticed about 14 small, tan balls in my ghost mantis enclosure. What can this be?

 

[Calopteryx]

Probably the feces of the ghost mantids. Mine also drop small beige/brown balls, so that would be my best guess if they're about 1mm big.

 

[basin79]

Aye it's shite. What goes in has to come out.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Haha, thanks man! I never seen this before so I thought I'd ask.

 

[MikeyD]

Could be the fungus Leucocoprinus luteus, the flowerpot fungus. It commonly comes as a contaminant in coconut husk products such as eco-earth. The little balls are sclerotia, a survival mechanism of the fungi. It's more a pest than anything but if it produces mushrooms the spores can spread it to potted plants, vivariums, etc.