Recent content by Montana_Mantids

That would be awesome! Thanks so much for offering!

Thank you. It is kinda rough, but I will hopefully be able to build my collection back.

I lost a huge chunk of my collection. The heater in my mantis room malfunctioned and brought my mantis room to 100 degrees, killing most of my mantises. This totally sucks, but it kinda shows that mistakes and malfunctions can happen to everyone.

Thanks for all the support! Here are some updates on my group! My female molted to adult! The male is still subadult, so I have successfully slowed down the male, and I have good chances at a second generation. Here are some photos!:

Adult female Astyliasula phyllopus with a massive infertile ooth behind her. Color difference between infertile (top) and fertile (bottom). Notice the wonky end on the top infertile ooth. This picture is not entirely accurate because the infertile ooth was relatively fresh and still had its...

Okay. I’m back. Besides witnessing a male connect multiple times, you can sometimes tell if an ooth is fertile by shape and sometimes color. Infertile ooths are sometimes small or misshapen (Not sure if I have any pictures of these ooths, but I will see what I can find). This only works...

Haha. Ya, I didn’t necessarily fire them, but I definitely won’t ask them to look after my mantises ever again 😂

This wasn’t about buying ooths, it was supposed to be posts for breeders wondering if the ooths produced from their females were fertile. I only purchase ooths with guarantees, but that is a valid point. I’ve never had any issues arise from transit. I totally agree with the more developed nymphs...

Older Phyllocrania paradoxa with a small ooth. (I’ll get more information in tomorrow or whenever I get the chance)

If you have bought or had one of you females lay an ooth before, you have probably wondered if the ooth is fertile. While for most species, there is no way for you to 100% guarantee anything just by looking at the ooth, there are a few signs, tips, and tricks to help give you an idea if an ooth...

This is a question I’m sure many breeders and buyers have asked over the years. This is going to be a long post, so bear with me (I’ll make sure to include photos to keep this from being so boring). Hatched ooths of (from Left to Right) Mantis religiosa (WC), Iris oritoria (WC), and...

Okay. I’m going to make a bigger more informative post later on if it is possible to figure out if an ooth is fertile or infertile without risking the life of any of the babies (and other stuff important to that topic). I also can up with a better name for the flashlight thing. Instead of...

😳Omg. Really happy it is not that. Once I have my Ceratomantis ooths, I’ll make a different thread about the same thing with a title that doesn’t worry people before they read the tread.