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If her exoskeleton has hardened then she will be bent unfortunately. She should be fine even with the bend if she can move and capture prey.

It is easier to see if you shine a light through them.

me too! I'm trying to figure out some of the variables that might cause this ooth issue. Just need more mantids. lol

It would take up to 3-6 weeks to see eyeballs I think but then again. Wouldn't hurt to re-mate.

The issue is experience says otherwise. This happened to my former batch of Violins. The moderators had mentioned in an older thread that this had happened but not much talk after.

I'm hoping someone can help me with this question... My female Bleph mated with a connection and I actually got a hatch out of one of her ooths. However, as I look at the other four, they don't seem fertilized. No eyeballs and they should have them at this stage in time. Everything I read says...

Those are their little wing buds.

Oh man, just read this thread. It was dramatic and we all feel the pain since we all have gone through it. Glad she is out of the danger zone at this time. Almost an adult too.

Yup, I have more hatches and still two fertilized ooths for the Gongy. I only have nymphs of the blephs. PM me if interested. US only.

I find them to be a really easy species to get to adulthood. Breeding is another matter completely.

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Every Orchid I have had has never passed up a Blue Bottle Fly. If you can get some she might eat that. If not, Likely molting.

I should know better than to let the ooths stay in the cage with the adults but I sometimes forget. Then you get the hatches and spend hours locating all the nymphs running about. Doh! Happened this morning with my B. Mendica. These are all I found so far. I supposed some made a nice lunch for...

She just turned into an adult today. PM me if interested. 

I have been advised to keep the males away as well. Although I have to say that because of room restraints, I don't do that unless necessary when I have a hard to breed pair. So far, I don't notice a major issue when the males and females are next to each other in their cages. I still have...

You probably could but where would you even find them. IT would be cool if you could raise them. They seem tame.

How about 64 oz mason jars with the top covered in mesh?

Lucky!

Oh yeah, the Mantis was fine. All my kids know that they should just stay still and not make some crazy violent act when regarding the mantids. My kid however, will not come near a mantis past L5. lol