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Congrats! I myself have held back a few ooths from my breeding and am looking forward to a hatch soon. :)

Stunning!

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There are two important things to consider. 1: Again someone will need to verify wether or not there is a sp. of Miomantis that has blue dots on it's forearms because Mike and I's mantids do. 2: I don't know of any Miomantis sp. that produces green oothecae like Taumantis do. These guys all...

Of mantis in general? Ghost mantids (Phyllocrania paradoxa) are a single species that has a wide range including South Eastern Africa and Madagascar. There are a few other species of mantis that also live in Madagascar too, yes.

I am getting some wild collected nymphs this week from a friend who received wild collected ooths from Madagascar. :)

Hmmm. One thing to also consider is sometimes there can just be a size difference between specimens. I for example own a few very large Hierodula majuscula and also a few of their siblings that are significantly smaller. There are so many factors that can attribute to such size differences...

Wow frogs?! What kind of frogs lol? Taumantis are generally a small genus of old world mantis comparable to South American Oxyopsis or Old world Miomantis, nothing like a Hierodula sp. The way you are describing them makes them sound like they are supposed to be the size of a large Hierodula...

Although my females have all been mated I have been pairing the Ghost's a few more times to increase fertility of the ooths they are producing. Here is a photo of my good friend Albert (Silent devil) and I eating some Chinese food/talking mantids!

I guess we will see eventually ;) .

To be honest I think they are Taumantis sigiana. I saw the ooth they hatched from myself and it was massive and green. Doesn't mean anything, perhaps all Taumantis produce green oothecae but it makes me lean towards sp. sigiana. I'm not too sure where you heard 7cm, that's very large. The...

I would be worried in terms of the spermatophore having had time to fertilize her that soon...

The thing is my female has laid one dud ooth before the male matured out and then was mated twice with him afterwards. Time will tell! I will keep you guys updated on my experience. Please do the same!

Lol xD... They won't be getting the cool nights they need! Nice Cephalotus! I have stopped keeping cps mostly but I still have my little 4 year old Ceph!

I am experiencing a similar situation. I am going to be placing a mated female in a natural/planted enclosure soon in hopes that will stimulate her to lay.

Miomantis also don't have the blue dots in the forearm. I have bred a few species of Miomantis back in Israel and considering both our Taumantis come from the same source, they are definitely not Miomantis.

Beautiful shots :) !

3-4 is average. They don't lay too many or too often but the amount of nymphs that hatch from each ooth is incredible! -Dayyan

haha!

Oh then don't worry :) . If you have already kept red spots then white spots shouldn't be a problem. Supposedly they are less prone to do anything more drastic like spit "meat tenderizer" venom into your eyes. Its the other species of the genus that are more fond of this behaviour. Still keep...