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? Maybe you can just plant it inside the protective layer on the outside…. Seems Mother Nature would work it that way

The Grade 6 QUEST Science Class of Redmond Middle School proudly announces that,  after carefully arranged marriages  :wub: 3 of our Lady Ghost Mantises have presented ootheca ! :clap: These may be fertilized ootheca and every class member eagerly awaits our new status as "GrandMantises"...

Who knew!????   I've known humans and dogs with this situation, but this has been very educational. Amazing.

UPDATE on Teacher needs advice: I dumped a dozen BB flies into the cage before leaving for class - I've just come back for lunch and found he is still hanging on, she is finishing up her egg case (making the antenna-looking thing) and she is currently eating a fly! What have we learned...

TEACHER NEEDS ADVICE:  Today in the classroom, we introduced an adult male ghost and a  mature female (had already laid an ootheca a week ago) to one another. He approached and hopped on her back (much to the 6th graders astonishment!), she tried to get him off, but he held on.  An hour later...

Thanks for the reply, Rick.  I guess we have been successful in raising them so far!  The trick has been training the kids...and figuring out how to manage the flies hatching, etc. But I'm thinking ahead to June and needing to find homes for them over the summer.  Do you have some idea how long...

I'm a middle school science teacher and my 6th grade class is raising 9 (now only 8, sadly) Ghost Mantises in the classroom.   I raised mantises as a kid in Maine (we caught them in the field) and I'm sure they were part of why I became a science teacher!  I would like to connect with other...