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She might be. Try not to feed her too much or keep her in any extreme temps as this will shorten her life much quicker. As for genetics I think that the encironment that they’re placed in plays a bigger role. 

That’s what I’m afraid of, also, what makes you think that it’s not that likely?

My male died but I tried leaving them together overnight one time. I don’t know if they connected but I did see the male try a couple times beforehand so I decided to leave them be. When my alarm went off though it scared my male and I heard and saw him fly off my female’s back. He was in there...

Yeaht hat happened to my male ghost, he just started flting around a lot then finally slowed down within hours and succumbed. 

Update, found the male holding onto the lid of his enclosure by one claw. I don’t know what happened but he’s dead at this point, I tried giving him some honey water but he started twitching a bit and just stopped moving...hopefully he’ll have managed to fertilize the female, but I guess that’s...

Thank you! Also, how long should I separate them for?

I'm so sorry for asking so many questions, I promise that I'll try not to post as much from now on but I've just gotten back to the hobby and I want to know as much as possible about pheromone saturation. How long would you have to keep a male and female in close proximity to one another in...

Mealworms and some bluebottles, I am getting a red runner roach colony soon next week. 

That might be the truth. I plan on separating them for a couple of days then reintroducing them again together. Hopefully that’ll sort of “refreshen” both the male and female. The male should also have 2 or so more weeks left. 

Ah ok, but would the eggs be fertilized?

Oh, ok, would it help to try and mate her again, or would the eggs not fully fertilize?

First time that I’ve ever had a mantis lay a practice ooth. Would it be ok to attempt to mate her or would the eggs not get fertilized since she’s probably going to lay an ooth soon?

Here’s a pic if it helps

My hyperactive male somehow managed to claw and scratch my female because what I thought was just a bit of water in between her leg joints turned out to be some hemolymph. It looks like it dried but there’s definitely some sort of opaque, dried substance in her limbs. Should I be concnerned...

One time when there was a moth in my sister’s room I just walked in with a mantis on my hand and let it do the job. So yeah I use my mantids as biological pest control

Ah, that sucks to hear...anyway they don’t really appear to be carolina(they don’t have this prarticular shade of green) but was she at least mated?

I think I’ll wait until maybe Sunday or saturday to pair them since I just placed them together last night. 

My ghosts. I think they may have molted last night but when my alarm went off I saw the male fly off her back. Tried reintroducing them but he just tried flying away. Perhaps trying in the evening would be better?

Just a quick question but is it possible that a mated and impregnated female will not be receptive to a male! I.e. he shows no interest in her?

The ff was just a little treat for the male that I had on hand. Ill  try giving him a piece of a mealworm today. I woke up this morning and I think my alarm had startled the male because next thing I know he started flying and skittering around the container like crazy. I don’t think that they...