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I name mine, but I'm sure that if I were hatching ooths or breeding, I wouldn't bother to name them all.  I only keep a handful at a time though so that I can focus more on each one and give them names.

Welcome, and have fun hatching your ooths soon!

Welcome, and have fun hatching your ooths soon!

Hah cool picture!  The size change is crazy, and when they're all growing up together you often don't realize just how much they've grown without a comparison like that.

That is a great story haha, thanks for sharing.  It's really too bad you couldn't get her!

Congrats!  I started about the same time as you, and I'm glad I found this hobby!

Welcome!  There's tons of valuable information on here to help prepare you, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask. :)

Welcome to the forum, there's plenty of information available on here.  Also, I love your username. :)

She looks great!  Makes me excited for my Rhomboderas to get bigger. :)

Welcome to the forum!  Hopefully it will provide just the right amount of distraction from your studies. :)

So sorry that happened.  I once had a Chinese mantis get stuck in a similar way when molting to adult and I had to put her down.  Even if you could get the legs out, the bend in the body could cause internal problems too.  Sorry for your loss.

That is strange, unless they are old as CosbyArt mentioned.  I've never had issues getting blue bottles to hatch, whereas I have with house flies.  I did have some blue bottles that took a full 4-5 days to hatch this winter once, but they did still hatch.

Hurray, congrats!  Enjoy caring for them; they grow up so fast! ;)

If they do have an adapted shorter lifespan to make sure they get their full life cycle in before winter, that is pretty interesting, especially since cooler temperatures typically slow down their growth and prolong their lives, within reason.  But it would make sense that their lifespan adjusts...

Sorry to hear that your Idolo is getting up there in age, but she does still look amazing! Your R. megaeras are very pretty too, and it's kinda cool that you got a dwarf. The Eremiaphila have the cutest faces, although I know the fake "pupils" may have a hand in that in the pictures. Thanks...

I am actually very close to Mount Pleasant, good choice!  That sounds about right too, so yeah they do have quite the short life here.

Good to know.  I think our winter weather starts a little earlier here, and I read somewhere that ooths start hatching in Michigan in late May to early June.  I'm in mid-Michigan so I am expecting something around that time this spring.  As you said, it is a short life!

Welcome!  I've also been caring for mantids for about a year now, having started just after Christmas last year.

Thanks for the thorough reply @CosbyArt.  Yeah, if it was vomit, it was definitely not normal vomit.  I did watch her poop once yesterday and it was also black.  Not sure if that is considered part of the normal range of colors. Anyway, I pulled her out this morning and offered water and honey...

I don't see any unusual dark marks in the enclosure anywhere, and I don't notice any smell either.  Is it possible that she vomited while hanging at such an angle that it would end up dripping over her head and down her back?  And that she somehow cleaned it all off her mouth?  I'm not sure what...