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I messaged the seller about the dating of the oothecas creation, but I had bought in mid-November an ootheca ( from the same seller) that hatched in 3 weeks. I am worried that maybe that may be the case with this second ooth, that it'll have the same timing for hatching.I read your response(the...

What if I want to have it hatch sooner? Can it still do it in the same time without sticking it in the fridge and just hatch like I have before?

So according to this, the majority of the U.S. is pretty frozen. Unfortunately, I have just ordered a ootheca. I contacted the seller to tell them please wait to send it, and they did not. They just told me it'll be fine if I keep it in my fridge until March if it gets frozen. Something about...

My favorite mantis had not eaten for a few days,and I found her just now lying on her side , missing limbs(the cricket must have gotten to her) and now I've noticed this weird white mass coming out of her rear end. Is there any way I can help her, or fix this? Or should I just euthanize her if...

near houston area, with six chinese mantids and 1 carolina ooth. I was new to this a while ago,(I hope I'm much less of a newbie now) still learning and happy to find a mantis forum! Hoping to raise devil spiny mantis and orchid ones in the future. However, in the meantime any inexpensive diy...