my african praying mantis nymph will not eat.why?

Is she moving around? Is she warm enough?

According to one site;

"a relatively warm and dry environment, with a temperature of 24C / 75F (room temperature), and the humidity in the region of 50%, should be fine. Just spray, twice weekly to allow them to drink."

Maybe cool it down a bit? But you can usually SEE whether a nymph might be starving, because if you hold them up to the light you can literally see through their abdomen! If you can see a decent sized dark mass in there, your mantis is fine - if it's mostly empty, maybe it's the feeding method? Put the mantis into a smaller container with some micro-crickets, and then it's easier for her to spot - and catch - the food. Or she might prefer fruit-flies - but if she's HUNGRY, she'll eat. Some mantids are a bit reluctant to actually hunt their food though, that's why it's a good idea to put her in a smaller container with several crickets!

Just don't put her in a smaller container if she's looking full - if she moults in a small area she might get messed up ...

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Make sure she's living in a container that's at least 3 times taller than her length, and not too much wider than that - too much space can be almost as bad as too little..!

She should eat more than 1 micro a week ... but it depends on her body weight in comparison to the weight of the crickets.

From DeShawn's Mantis Kingdom: "You should feed your mantis on its natural foods (flies, butterflies, moths) as much as possible if you can. I use fruit flies for hatchlings. These can be purchased from many places on the web. Check out my links section to see where I get mine. There are 2 different types of fruit flies that you can use: Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila hydei. I usually keep mantids together at L1 until about L3. D. melanogaster multiply fast, so there is always a good supply if you are feeding many nymphs. Drosophila hydei are a larger species of fruit fly, longer life and slower reproduction. I myself prefer to use hydei as I have found that most nymphs are able to handle these just fine even at L1. They provide a larger meal, and so less feeding is needed. Do your research on the species of mantid that you have so you know its size. Some species, such as S. pretiosa and Otomantis sp. (boxer mantid) need smaller prey and have a very hard time handling D. hydei. Around L4 and up, I try to feed a variety of insects, such as moths, houseflies, roaches, and the occasional cricket or mealworm. The best of these are the flies and moths as these are more of its natural foods. To feed mealworms to mantids, I crush the head of the mealworms, and put the head of the mealworm to the mantids mouth. They will start to eat it, and then grab it from your hand. Use tweezers if you have some around. If possible, keep the feeding to mostly flies and moths/butterflies (basically flying insects). Check my links section for places where you can buy these."

That's too cold get her a light and a heater also make sure the food is alive most reptiles wont eat anything unless it's alive

wats an African praying mantis nymph..........ohhh it a baby grasshopper.um well maybe she isn't hungry.i think.i am not an expert.

That's probably all it needs.

They usually only eat when

they're hungry. Which is only every

1-2 weeks.

you have a nymph? cool