I have a ghost ooth that appears to have only one nymph hatched from it. I know some nymphs can hatch out a day or two before the rest. When I saw the one nymph come out I was all prepared for another 15 + nymphs but no more came out. Its been about 4 days since it hatched. The ooth is kept at 23°C - 27°C. Did anyone have any similar experience with ghost ootheca ?.
Ghost ooth
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MantisGirl13
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It sounds like it was mostly infertile. It happens with ghosts sometimes.
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Hopefully x ooth will be better. Your incubation was fine. Try not to give any extra heat, the ooth does not need it.
Thanks @MantisGirl13. I can relax now and stop checking on it to see where the rest of the nymphs are ☺. Thanks @hibiscusmile Iv just been keeping them at the same temperatures as the parents. Another ooth I have seems to be a no show also. It was laid on the same day as another female ooth which hatched weeks ago. All the females were mated multiple times by two males. I knew some eggs would be infertile and the ooths wont hatch but 1 nymph lol. I wont be selling my ghost ooths anymore. Could be one of the males was infertile or had low fertility.
yeah, so hard to tell what happens. you are misting the ooths right?
I doubt it would be down to one of the males being infertile as both males would have mated with the female, now I think of it. So it would need to be the female that wasnt producing viable eggs. All I can do is wait and see how the other ooth hatch out.
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