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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HungryGhost" data-source="post: 24290" data-attributes="member: 2661"><p>Has anyone ever used flies as food for a young T? I keep mantids and the staple food for them are flies, so I always have blue bottle fly spikes, pupae, and adults on hand. Sometimes I have house flies too. I have an LP sling that was on hydei fruit flies until the last molt, now I'm feeding it house flies (and crickets if I have any small enough). It seems to love the house flies. After the next molt it will be big enough to take blue bottle flies and small crickets. The adult flies are well fed on honey, bee pollen, and water before they are fed to mantids or T's. I've tried to find the nutritional content of flies but haven't had any luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>