How to Make a Praying Mantis Habitat

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Get a suitable container.

   You can use anything that is safe for a small, delicate creature, and has plenty of light and air circulation, and will not mold or rot away.
   
   It should be at least six times the height of the length of the mantis, and four times the width, but the bigger, the better. , You could even put some drainage holes in the bottom and grow some grass or moss on the bottom., Most praying mantises will like a green, leafy home, but some will prefer just dry sticks.
   
   You can grow live plants in the habitat, or just place branches in, and replace them regularly., This could be a shallow pool or a misting bottle., Generally if you are keeping the mantis in the same climate as where you found it, and not keeping it in extreme air conditioning or heating, the temperature and humidity should be okay.
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   Step 2: Determine where the bottom of you habitat will be (praying mantises prefer height to width) and cover it with a substrate such as sand

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   Step 3: or mulch.

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   Step 4: Put some vegetation in.

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   Step 5: Provide some moisture.

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   Step 6: The habitat should be relatively warm

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   Step 7: and the humidity should be between 60 and 80 percent.

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