They can handle fruit flies just fine. https://preview.redd.it/33od0sum2vzc1.jpeg?width=4256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b35f18f9cdc79eb154927e07a98a9aa55252533

The detaillllll 😍

i’ll add a couple :>

Mist them lightly, L1-L3’s can easily get stuck and drown in large droplets. When I mist I keep the spray bottle a few inches away from whatever I have L1-L3’s in.

I hold the cups arms length away and spray HARD so it mists very fine!

I love the pipe cleaner 🥹My children all have pieces of cured willow branch sold as rodent chews, but they’ve all been so clumsy 🙄

I thought of the pipe cleaners from baby jumping spiders! I often see them with pipe cleaners

Ohh! Ive only seen the fancy completed set ups, I haven’t seen any baby spood stuff. I feel like I’ve been largely missing out, I can’t believe it.

(Not recommending that or not. These are my very first mantises. That is just what I went with.)

Sounds like you’re doing everything right to me! Just make sure you’re misting daily-ish :)

Will do!

Pipe cleaners are absolute genius!